PA DEP Sec. Negrin Says to Expect Slow Permitting Until 2024

Rich Negrin, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP), was supposed to be Gov. Josh Shapiro's guy who could magically make the trains run on time at the DEP. He was the White Knight bureaucrat who could crack the code on getting simple permits for construction --- things like Chapter 102 erosion and sediment control permits --- back to being issued in two weeks (instead of months), as is required under PA law (see PA Acting DEP Sec. Unveils 10-Pt. Plan to Fix Tardy Permit Reviews). Except he hasn't, and won't get it fixed --- not until well into 2024 (if even then).

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