The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs is convening the Environmental Justice Council (EJC) for its next meeting on Monday, November 21, at 9:30 am.

The EJC is appointed by the Governor to advise and provide recommendations to the Secretary of EEA on relevant policies and standards to achieve environmental justice principles that are recognized by state law [https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2021/Chapter8]. As one of its first priorities, the EJC will conduct an analysis to ensure the definition of environmental justice (EJ) population achieves these objectives of environmental justice principles.

The EJ Council operates under the Open Meeting Law [https://www.mass.gov/the-open-meeting-law] which allows for public attendance at formal deliberative meetings. While the public is permitted to attend an open meeting, an individual may not address the public body without permission of the chair. The meeting will be hosted virtually on Zoom. Interpretation will be provided in Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, Cape Verdean Creole, and American Sign Language. If you require interpretation in another language, please include that requested language on the Zoom registration form at the link below. Requests must be submitted 48 hours prior to meeting start time.

Link to register for this meeting can be found here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vr8SPnFUSfO3a-bonc4Lfg

Additional information about the EJC and future meeting agendas can be found here:https://www.mass.gov/orgs/environmental-justice-council.