CS/CS/CS/HB 991 - Environmental Regulation Summary

• Streamlines permitting processes by prohibiting counties and municipalities from requiring applicants to obtain other state/federal permits as a condition of local development permits, and allowing counties to attach disclaimers instead.

• Expedites environmental permits by reducing review timelines to 60 days (from 90), limiting information requests to twice, and creating incentive-based permitting programs for applicants with good compliance histories.

• Facilitates beach and port development by streamlining coastal construction permits, exempting solid mineral mines from development-of-regional-impact review, and authorizing maintenance dredging without permits under specified conditions.

• Reforms mitigation requirements for transportation projects by prioritizing use of private mitigation banks and providing clearer standards for wetland mitigation assessments.

• Enhances port and transportation infrastructure by requiring ports to develop strategic plans, designating an assistant secretary for economic development at the Department of Transportation, and adding new facility types to the Strategic Intermodal System.