Assessment of Burdened Areas for Elevated Indicators.

(1) The CIA Report Template provides a list of Indicators that an Applicant must evaluate, as applicable, for its proposed Project. The Indicators are used in MES to produce the MES Score. The Applicant shall analyze the Indicators for all Burdened Areas that intersect the Project's SGA. (2) For each Burdened Area intersecting the Project's SGA, the Applicant shall use MES to identify all Indicators that are also Elevated Indicators. For Fossil Fuel-related Energy Infrastructure, each Indicator is treated as an Elevated Indicator. An Applicant shall evaluate whether the Project is likely to materially exacerbate such Elevated Indicators, and therefore produce a Disproportionate Adverse Effect, in accordance with the requirements of 980 CMR 15.07.