Improving efficiency in appeals to the pollution control hearings board.

Summary

The bill lets parties to a permit appeal and the Pollution Control Hearings Board choose a smaller, qualified panel—such as an administrative appeals judge or a member of the land use or shorelines boards—to hear the case. It also clarifies quorum requirements and where the board can hold hearings. The changes aim to speed up appeal decisions and use state resources more efficiently.

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