SB 394 Summary

• Eliminates the environmental permit review commission and related appeal procedures by repealing sections 1313-1317 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act.

• Removes language limiting the definition of "department" and "director" to the Department of Environmental Quality in sections 1313-1317, making these terms apply uniformly across all permit provisions.

• Repeals section 88 of the Administrative Procedures Act of 1969, which provided procedures for environmental permit appeals.

• Changes the annual permit reporting deadline from December 1 to January 15 and updates cross-references in section 1311 to reflect the elimination of the environmental permit review commission.

• Simplifies permit definitions in section 1301 by removing the narrower definition of "permit" that applied only to the repealed environmental permit review process.