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Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Health Code," to add a new Chapter 6-1400, entitled "Cumulative Impacts Assessment," to provide for the identification of environmental justice communities and inclusion of cumulative impacts assessments as part of certain permit and license review and approval processes, to provide for the administration and enforcement of the cumulative impacts assessment approval process, and make certain technical changes; and amending Chapter 21-3000, entitled "Environmental Justice Reporting," to further provide for certain powers and duties of the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee, and make certain technical changes; all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 6 of the Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 6. HEALTH CODE
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CHAPTER 6-1400. CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ASSESSMENT.
? 6-1401. Legislative Findings
(1) The intent of the legislation is to protect public health to the maximum extent possible employing the full authority of the Department of Health and relevant other agencies, with the goal of minimizing or avoiding all negative impacts to the most exposed and most vulnerable community members.
? 6-1402. Definitions.
Reserved.
? 6-1403. Environmental justice mapping.
(1) The Department of Public Health, or such other Department or office as the Mayor may designate, is authorized to develop an environmental justice map, in consultation with the Environmental Justice Advisory Commission (EJAC), that identifies environmental justice communities, geographic areas within Philadelphia that experience excessive exposure to environmental toxins or stressors and consequently bear an undue burden of negative health or environmental impacts. Environmental justice mapping, including the determination of these environmental justice communities, shall incorporate the best available science and data relat...
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