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Committee advances text changes to S.212 on water/wastewater connections, keeps permit discretion with ANR
Summary
The Natural Resources & Energy committee reviewed a revised draft of S.212 to create tiered general-permit fees tied to design flow, clarifies use of a 'licensed designer' certification, and confirms a $100 filing to the agency land-records database; members voted to adopt the edits and send the measure to finance for review.
A House Natural Resources & Energy review on Feb. 6 focused on S.212, a bill that would expand general-permit authority for water-supply and wastewater-connection projects and establish tiered application fees based on proposed design flows.
Legislative counsel Michael Grady walked the committee through the new draft and the proposed fee schedule. The draft ties fee tiers to design-flow bands — for example, projects with design flows below 2,000 gallons per day were discussed as a lower-fee category, with higher bands carrying larger application fees and allocations. A committee member noted and the group agreed to correct a numeric line in the draft where an amount had been misstated in…
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