(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

1. (1) “Agency” means the California Environmental Protection Agency.
2. (2) “Disadvantaged community” means a community identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.
3. (3) “Supplemental environmental project” means an environmentally beneficial project that a person subject to an enforcement action voluntarily agrees to undertake in settlement of the action and to offset a portion of a civil penalty.

(b) Each board, department, and office within the agency that has enforcement authority shall establish a policy on supplemental environmental projects that benefits disadvantaged communities. The policy shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:

1. (1) A public process to solicit potential supplemental environmental projects from disadvantaged communities.
2. (2) Allowing the amount of a supplemental environmental project to be up to 50 percent of the enforcement action brought under the jurisdiction of a board, department, or office within the agency.
3. (3) An annual list of supplemental environmental projects that may be selected to settle a portion of an enforcement action under the jurisdiction of a board, department, or office within the agency.
4. (4) A consideration of the relationship between the location of the violation and the location of the proposed supplemental environmental project.