November 2, 2012

DEP Publishes Final Permit Decision Guarantee Policies

On November 3 the Department of Environmental Protection published a notice in the PA Bulletin announcing the availability of final guidance implementing Gov. Corbett’s Executive Order 2012-11 creating the DEP Permit Review Process and Permit Decision Guarantee Program.
Because of DEP's emergency response work related to Hurricane Sandy, the final policies will not be implemented until November 14.  
The final policies were also accompanied by comment-and-response documents for each policy. Click Here for full story.