Oregon Code § 182.555·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Environmental justice mapping tool.
(1) The Environmental Justice Council with staff support from the Department of
Environmental Quality, in collaboration with the office of Enterprise
Information Services, the Institute for Natural Resources, the Portland State
University Population Research Center, and natural resource agencies with staff
support from the department and the Oregon Health Authority, shall develop an
environmental justice mapping tool.
(2) When
developing the environmental justice mapping tool, the council shall develop
and conduct an inclusive community engagement process to receive input from
communities across this state and consult with natural resource agencies. The
council shall hold at least six meetings in different regions of this state,
including at least one meeting in a remote community, to:
(a) Present a
work plan and proposals for the environmental justice mapping tool; and
(b) Receive input
and feedback from communities throughout this state about:
(A)
Environmental, health, socioeconomic and other factors that should be
considered in the development of the mapping tool;
(B) How the
mapping tool should be used to help distribute resources to communities that
have experienced underinvestment;
(C) How
socioeconomic benefits and burdens could be mapped and considered in addition
to environmental, health and other data;
(D) Other uses
for the mapping tool that can provide community benefits and diminish community
burdens;
(E) Geospatial
layers to further define environmental justice communities based on the
prevalence of specific factors; and
(F)
Community-generated data that may be included in the mapping tool.
(3) The mapping
tool must:
(a) Be based on
factors that are derived from direct input through the inclusive community
engagement process described in subsection (2) of this section;
(b) Be
sufficiently detailed to allow the assessment of environmental justice benefits
and burdens;
(c) Include
geospatial data layers that may be used to help better understand the nature of
environmental justice communities;
(d) Include data
from natural resource agencies or be compatible with other mapping tools
developed by other state agencies; and
(e) Be accessible
to the public.
(4) The office of
Enterprise Information Services shall recommend data quality standards and
methodologies for the development and maintenance of the mapping tool.
(5) The council
shall enter into an agreement with the Institute for Natural Resources that
provides that the institute will maintain the mapping tool and make the mapping
tool publicly available in electronic form through the Oregon Explorer.
(6) The council
shall review the mapping tool at least once every four years using the
inclusive community engagement process described in subsection (2) of this
section and update the mapping tool as necessary. [2022 c.58 §12]
Note:
See note under 182.535.