5489‑S AMS FRAS WILB 02

SSB 5489 - S AMD TO S AMD (S‑2466.3/95) ‑ 240

    BySenators Fraser and Swecker

    On page 16, line 21, after "requirements." insert the following:

    "Project-level environmental review should be used to: (i) review and document consistency with comprehensive plans and development regulations: (ii) provide prompt and coordinated review by government agencies and the public on compliance with applicable environmental laws and plans, including mitigation for specific project impacts that have not been considered and addressed at the plan or development regulation level; and (iii) ensure accountability by local government to applicants and the public for requiring and implementing mitigation measures.

    (d) When a project permit application is filed, an agency should analyze the proposal's environmental impacts, as required by applicable regulations and the environmental review process required by this chapter, in one project review process.  The project review process should include land use, environmental, public and governmental review, as provided by the applicable regulations and the rules adopted under this chapter, so that documents prepared under different requirements can be reviewed together by the public and other agencies.  This project review will provide an agency with the information necessary to make a decision on the proposed project.

    (e) Through this project review process: (i) if the applicable regulations require studies that adequately analyze all of the project's specific probable adverse environmental impacts, additional studies under this chapter will not be necessary on those impacts; (ii) if the applicable regulations require measures that adequately address such environmental impacts, additional measures would likewise not be required under this chapter; and (iii) if the applicable regulations do not adequately analyze or address a proposal's specific probable adverse environmental impacts, this chapter provides the authority and procedures for additional review."

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