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Committee advances bill to allow optional expedited third‑party reviews for complex permits
Summary
HB437 would create an optional expedited permitting path that allows applicants to hire pre‑certified third‑party qualified reviewers to prepare complex permit applications for DEQ/OGM review; the committee voted a favorable recommendation after agency testimony that public comment and final agency authority are retained.
Representative Shellenberger presented HB437 to the committee on Feb. 12, describing an optional expedited permitting process in which pre‑certified, licensed professionals (engineers, hydrologists, etc.) perform preliminary review work for complex Department of Environmental Quality and Division of Oil, Gas and Mining permits.
Tim Davis, Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality, told the committee the…
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