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MassDEP’s Environmental Justice Program

All people have a right to be protected from environmental hazards and to live in and enjoy a clean and healthy environment.

The goal of MassDEP's Environmental Justice (EJ) program is to ensure that all people that live in neighborhoods defined as EJ Populations have clean air, water and land. MassDEP strives to ensure that EJ Populations are able to live in and enjoy a clean and healthy environment. This goal includes access to and inclusion in the agency's decision-making action and activities.

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View maps & data: EJ populations in Massachusetts  Request a translation of a MassDEP document  Contact MassDEP Environmental Justice office staff  

Contact MassDEP Environmental Justice office staff  View maps & data: EJ populations in Massachusetts  Request a translation of a MassDEP document   Contact MassDEP staff for language translation assistance  Report environmental violations 

Objectives of Environmental Justice  News: Massachusetts Becomes First State to Require Analysis of Cumulative Impacts for Air Quality Permits near Environmental Justice Populations   Executive Order 615: Promoting Access to Government Services and Information by Identifying and Minimizing Language Access Barriers  Environmental Justice Task Force  Language access policy and guidelines (A&F 16)  Environmental Justice Policy 

Cumulative impact analysis in air quality permitting  MassDEP Non-Discrimination & Civil Rights Plan  MassDEP's South Framingham project 

Community engagement  Sign up for updates  Recent events 

Environmental Justice Council  Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office  Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Environmental Justice Program  Office of Environmental Justice & Equity (OEJE)  Department of Public Utilities Environmental Justice Program  Department of Agriculture's Environmental Justice Program 

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