The U.S. Department of Justice secured a settlement in its environmental justice investigation into Houston's response to illegal dumping in Black and Latino neighborhoods, the department and the city of Houston said separately on Tuesday.
builds on a plan to develop improved waste management services for residents across Houston and address illegal dumping and its negative impacts on the health, safety and quality of life of residents.
The settlement agreement between the Justice Department and Houston establishes a three-year period of federal monitoring; data reporting obligations; enhanced community outreach with impacted neighborhoods; consideration of additional actions to combat commercial sources of illegal dumping; and a federal civil rights training program for specified city employees, the Justice Department said in a statement.
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