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Committee hears bill requiring DEQ, Agriculture to post EPA guidance online
Summary
Representative Kerry Seekins Crow introduced House Bill 481 at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing, asking the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the Montana Department of Agriculture to publish on their websites federal guidance they receive from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Representative Kerry Seekins Crow introduced House Bill 481 at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing, asking the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the Montana Department of Agriculture to publish on their websites federal guidance they receive from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The bill’s sponsor, Representative Kerry Seekins Crow, said the measure “requires the Montana department of environment quality, DEQ, and the department of agriculture to post on a website all federal guidance that they receive from the EPA.” She said the requirement would let lawmakers and the public see guidance to ensure it does not exceed statutory authority.
The bill’s backers and opponents framed the measure as a transparency proposal. Steve Johnson of the Center for Practical Federalism told the…
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