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House Appropriations committee questions DEP and DCNR on budget increases and agency priorities
Summary
In a joint appropriations hearing, lawmakers reviewed the governor's funding requests for the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, asked about permitting reform, emergency responses and program rollouts, and pressed agencies on implementation and staffing needs.
The House Appropriations Committee held a joint hearing with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to review the governor's fiscal-year funding requests and agency priorities.
Acting DEP Secretary Jessica Shirley told legislators the governor's request for DEP, including the Environmental Hearing Board, is roughly $262,600,000 — an increase of about $27,000,000 — while DCNR's general-fund…
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