ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY

Businesses of all types and sizes continue to be frustrated by the cost and time to apply for and receive approval for a variety of permits. We need sensible regulations to foster economic development while still protecting health and environmental concerns. Companies need certainty in the regulatory process.

The Minnesota Chamber has made headway in streamlining the environmental review and permitting process at state agencies. Overall, we want to make certain that recent changes in law are being administered as envisioned.

2012 Legislative Priorities

• Ensure a timely and predictable permitting system. Clarify that permittees must be notified within 30 days after an application is submitted as to whether it is substantially complete and, if not, the state agency must state the reasons in writing.
• Create an economic development coordinator to guide large private-sector economic development projects among state agencies. The individual will marshal these projects through all permits, loans, grants, rules and regulations. The goal will be to get a “yes” or “no” from each state agency in a timely fashion.
  

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Chair: Dave Skolasinski, Cliff Natural Resources Inc.
Staff: Tony Kwilas, (651) 292-4668, tkwilas@mnchamber.com, Twitter @MCC_TKwilas

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