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The siting of waste facilities in low-income communities and communities of color has been the subject of growing discussion; in fact, many waste management companies have committed publicly to supporting environmental justice efforts, including Covanta and Waste Management.  Although the initiatives championed by these companies to date have mostly been voluntary, it seems likely that in the near future governmental policies and laws will require the waste industry to take specific, additional actions to address environmental justice. For instance, New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law (the EJ Law) is being cited as one of the most comprehensive in the United States and is being considered as a model for other states and the federal government.  The Garden State enacted the EJ Law in September 2020, empowering the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to deny permits for certain facilities if the facility would contribute to a disproportionate impact on an

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