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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Environment and Property Rights </title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/12.aspx</link><description>Regulations, Land Use, Water Use, Natural Resources and Recreation</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Re: 2009 House Bill 4898 (Benchmark state environmental regulation administration )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274882.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 13:15:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:274882</guid><dc:creator>elarcinese</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274882.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=12&amp;PostID=274882</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I expect our FULL TIME legislators to do this work themselves: not to contract out the work.&amp;nbsp; If the legislators were PART TIME, then an outside review might be worth while.&amp;nbsp; Any full time legislators that are on a committee that oversees the DEQ must be doing this already or they are simply out of touch.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please look in your disctrict, contact a state environmental consultant organization, go visit with the DEQ in their office.&amp;nbsp; Watch the permit process from the very beginning, starting with the owner&amp;#39;s idea, the consultant&amp;#39;s field work and application submittal, application processing at the DEQ, the DEQ field staff etc.&amp;nbsp; No report from an outside consultant can summarize the process if you can see it first hand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2009 House Bill 4898 (Benchmark state environmental regulation administration )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274881.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:274881</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/274881.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=12&amp;PostID=274881</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on May 6, 2009&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2009-HB-4898'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>