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DEQ briefs committee on industrial siting thresholds, impact assistance and abandoned‑mine reclamation
Summary
DEQ administrators updated the committee on industrial siting jurisdiction and impact assistance tiers, pledged county‑level project maps, and described Abandoned Mine Land remediation work supported by federal and fee‑based funds; the committee asked staff to draft tribal notification language for industrial siting statutes.
The Department of Environmental Quality told the committee the Industrial Siting Division is resourced to administer contested‑case permits for very large projects and to calculate impact assistance to local governments. Jenny Stabin, administrator of industrial siting, summarized jurisdictional thresholds (construction cost roughly $283 million or more, 20+ wind turbines, 30 MW solar or 100 acres disturbed) and described the tiered impact assistance method the council uses to calculate awards for local governments.
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