DNR might allow some firms to draft own environmental permits

The state Department of Natural Resources is closing in on a major reorganization that could send duties to other agencies and streamline regulatory work, including an experimental plan to allow some businesses to draft their own environmental permits.

Officials said the goal is to increase efficiency at an agency whose responsibilities range from management of hunting, fishing and state parks to regulating large-scale farms and keeping tabs on invasive species...

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Ken Notes: I am actually OK with the "Draft" part. Review, approval, enforcement are the issues I am concerned with...