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EJAC 2023 Low Carbon Fuel Standard Recommendations (discussed in 9/14/2023 Joint EJAC/CARB Board Meeting)
Final EJAC Recommendations for the 2022 Scoping Plan Update
2021-2022 EJAC Resources
Priority EJAC Recommendations for the 2017 Scoping Plan Update and CARB Responses
Final EJAC Recommendations for the 2017 Scoping Plan Update
Final EJAC Recommendations for the 2013 Scoping Plan Update
Final EJAC Recommendations for the First Scoping Plan (2008)
Recommendations Regarding Currently Proposed Early Action Measures
2021 EJAC Member Solicitation
AB 32 Environmental Justice Advisory Committee Application Process for 2022 Scoping Plan Update | |
April 12, 2021 | Request for applications open – posted to website and emailed to EJ, AB 617, Climate Change, Sustainable Freight & Tribal email lists |
May 3, 2021 | Application deadline |
May 7, 2021 | |
May 13, 2021 | CARB staff’s recommended new Committee members posted to EJ website (all applicants notified by CARB’s EJ Office) |
May 14, 2021 | Proposed Resolution posted |
May 19, 2021 | Board meeting materials posted (Item summary, hearing presentation) |
May 20, 2021 | Public meeting to consider new Committee members |
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) requested applications for the AB 32 Environmental Justice Advisory Committee from April 12 - May 3, 2021.
The 2022 Scoping Plan will begin in early 2021 and will evaluate progress towards the 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target and chart a path for deep decarbonization by 2045 to reduce and/or replace fossil fuels. Recommendations from the EJAC will include just transition and energy policies that are designed to benefit low-income and pollution-burdened communities. Several independent modeling studies have shown that a rapid transition away from the combustion of fossil fuels will be necessary to achieve carbon neutrality. This rapid transformation can have implications for jobs, household cost impacts, and improved public health. Four key reports that are inputs into the Scoping Plan include:
- California Energy Commission, California Public Utilities Commission, and CARB, “SB 100 Joint Agency Report”
- CARB, “Achieving Carbon Neutrality in California: PATHWAYS Scenarios Developed for the California Air Resources Board”
- California Workforce Development Board, “Putting California on the High Road: A Job and Climate Action Plan for 2030”
- California Environmental Protection Agency, “AB 74 Transportation Carbon Neutrality Studies—Public Notice and Meeting Agenda”
CARB’s initial timeline estimates at least five EJAC meetings starting as early as June 2021 and continuing through summer 2022, with opportunity for at least five sets of community meetings; EJAC can determine the number of committee and community meetings.
Applications consisting of a one-page statement of interest and one-page resume and/or one-page CV were received by CARB's Office of Environmental Justice through by 5:00 p.m. (PDT) on May 3, 2021 based on CARB requirements.