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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut requires environmental agency to review permits for third-party review delegation
Last action · March 6, 2026: Public Hearing 03/10
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What This Bill Proposed
The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection must develop a framework allowing to conduct permit reviews and make recommendations, and must review all departmental permits to determine delegation eligibility by December 31, 2027.
Changes how environmental permits may be processed by introducing outside professionals into agency reviews and mandates a comprehensive cataloging of all agency permits for potential delegation.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Must develop a third-party review framework, review all agency permits, and submit a report to the legislature by December 31, 2027.
Third-party qualified professionals
Made eligible to conduct permit reviews and make recommendations to the department once the framework is established.
Key Facts
- The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection must develop a framework for third-party qualified professionals to review permits and make recommendations.
- The framework must include eligibility criteria, certification standards, and oversight mechanisms.
- The commissioner must review all permits within the department's jurisdiction to determine which may be lawfully delegated.
- A report detailing the framework and permit review must be submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly by December 31, 2027.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Mar 6, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 03/10
- Mar 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Commerce
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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