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Land Resources Management outlines multi-year e-permitting push and large subsurface digitization
Summary
Staff reported nearly 3,000 online permit submissions since January and said ARPA and capital funds will support a multi‑year rollout of e‑filing via Windsor Solutions’ Nform and a project to digitize millions of historic subsurface files; shoreland rule changes will be considered during next year’s readoption.
Land Resources Management staff told the Capital Budget and Capital Project Overview Committee that they have made substantial progress moving permit applications online and are digitizing decades of subsurface septic records.
An unidentified LRM presenter introduced assistant commissioner Adam Crapo and Phil Trowbridge, who led the update. An LRM presenter said the department has two capital appropriations and one ARPA award supporting the work and that “we're trying to spend the ARPA funding down first,” because ARPA “needs to be obligated by the end of this year and spent by the end of 2026.”
Staff said the move to electronic filing is intended to replace paper forms and multiple legacy databases, improve turnaround times,…
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