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planning, and participation costs; or (d) meeting a community need 1 identified by the community that is consistent with the intent of 2 this chapter or RCW 70A.02.010. 3 (2) The allocation of funding under subsection (1) of this 4 section must adhere to the following principles, additional to the 5 requirements of RCW 70A.02.080: (a) Benefits and programs should be 6 directed to areas and targeted to vulnerable populations and 7 overburdened communities to reduce statewide disparities; (b) 8 investments and benefits should be made roughly proportional to the 9 health disparities that a specific community experiences, with a goal 10 of eliminating the disparities; (c) investments and programs should 11 focus on creating environmental benefits, including eliminating 12 health burdens, creating community and population resilience, and 13 raising the quality of life of those in the community; and (d) 14 efforts should be made to balance investments and benefits across the 15 state and within counties, local jurisdictions, and unincorporated 16 areas as appropriate to reduce disparities by location and to ensure 17 efforts contribute to a reduction in disparities that exist based on 18 race or ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or other factors. 19 (3) ((State)) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this 20 section, state agencies allocating funds or administering grants or 21 programs from the carbon emissions reduction account created in RCW 22 70A.65.240, the climate commitment account created in RCW 70A.65.260, 23 the natural climate solutions account created in RCW 70A.65.270, the 24 climate investment account created in RCW 70A.65.250, the air quality 25 and health disparities improvement account created in RCW 70A.65.280, 26 the climate transit programs account created in RCW 46.68.500, or the 27 climate active transportation account created in RCW 46.68.490, must: 28 (a) Report annually to the environmental justice council created 29 in RCW 70A.02.110 regarding progress toward meeting environmental 30 justice and environmental health goals; 31 (b) Consider recommendations by the environmental justice 32 council; and 33 (c)(i) If the agency is not a covered agency subject to the 34 requirements of chapter 70A.02 RCW, create and adopt a community 35 engagement plan to describe how it will engage with overburdened 36 communities and vulnerable populations in allocating funds or 37 administering grants or programs from the climate investment account. 38 p. 1389 ESSB 5187.SL