Connecticut is in the midst of rewriting its environmental justice regulations for the first time since the inaugural regulations were enacted fifteen years ago. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is convening a working group of stakeholders to assist in drafting regulations over the next two years based on the lessons learned and experienced gained. The rule making will, for the first time, require the DEEP to evaluate the cumulative impacts of select industrial and high intensity facilities located in low-income communities or distressed municipalities when issuing permits for such facilities. We support the goal of updating the law to better understand and account for both the environmental externalities and the economic benefits of such facilities.