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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2011, 8, 4 140-4159; doi:10.3390/ijerph8114140 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 /journal/ijerph Article Cumulative Risk Assessment and Environmental Equity in Air Permitting: Interpretation, Methods, Community Participation and Implementation of a Unique Statute Kristie M. Ellickson *, Sarah M. Sevcik, Shelley Burman, Steven Pak, Frank Kohlasch and Gregory C. Pratt Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 520 Lafayette Road, St. Paul, MN 55155, USA; E-Mails: sarah.sevcik@state.mn.us (S.M.S.); shelley.burman@state.mn.us (S.S.); steven.pak@state.mn.us (S.P.); frank.kohlasch@state.mn.us (F.K.); gregory.pratt@state.mn.us (G.C.P.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: kristie.ellickson@state.mn.us; Tel.: + 1-651-757-2336; Fax: + 1-651-297-7709. Received: 19 September 2011; in revised form: 27 October 2011 / Accepted: 28 October 2011 / Published: 4 November 2011 Abstract : In 2008, the statute authorizing the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to issue air permits was amended to include a unique requirement to analyze and consider “cumulative levels and effects of past and current environmental pollution from all sources on the environment and residents of the geographic area within which the facilitys emissions