A House committee on Wednesday approved a bill to streamline the environmental review and permitting process.
The bill picks up where last year’s streamlining law left off.
It would allow project proposers to hire a consultant who can actually draft permits, a job currently in the hands of the Pollution Control Agency and the Department of Natural Resources.
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