Synopsis of HistoryThe AQMD Governing Board established an Ethnic
Community Advisory Council on September 7, 1990 to serve as an advisory body
to the Governing Board with specialized expertise on the impact of air
quality issues on the ethnic communities in the South Coast Air Basin. The
Administrative Committee recommended in 2008 that this group be restructured
into an Environmental Justice Advisory Group (EJAG), with a focus on air
quality and environmental justice issues in the area served by AQMD.
Mission
The mission of the EJAG is to advise and assist AQMD in protecting and
improving public health in AQMD’s most impacted communities through the
reduction and prevention of air pollution.
Goals
The goals of the EJAG are to:
- Advise AQMD on issues related to environmental justice;
- Create and sustain a positive and productive relationship between AQMD
and community members;
- Better inform AQMD about environmental justice issues; and
- Assure that AQMD makes meaningful and continuous progress toward the
achievement of environmental justice through its decisions and activities.
Membership
AQMD shall ensure that the EJAG include an ethnically and geographically
diverse membership, consisting of up to 20 members, with at least two
members from each county and representatives from the most highly impacted
communities within AQMD’s jurisdiction. Members will serve staggered
four-year terms. Upon recommendation by the EJAG Chair, appointments will
be made by the Chairman of the Board with consideration for Board Member
input, and following review by the Administrative Committee. The same
process, as above, applies for reappointments to fill any vacancy. Advisory Group Members
to be announced.
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Advisory Group Contact Person:
Dr. Pom Pom Ganguli,
(909) 396-3185.
Background:
Blue Ribbon Panel
Regarding Operations of Board Advisory Groups
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