PA DEP Starts Pay-More-and-Get-Your-Permit-on-Time Service

Environment-related permitting in Pennsylvania, overseen by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), has been a hot mess for years. A Chapter 102 Erosion and Sedimentation permit sometimes takes two, three, or even six months for approval, instead of the policy-mandated 14 days. The DEP announced last November that it would soon implement the SPEED (Streamlining Permits for Economic Expansion and Development) program to speed up the permit approval process (see PA DEP Claims Permit Backlog for O&G Now Completely Eliminated). Last week, the DEP announced that, after seven months, it was almost ready to begin the SPEED program (see PA DEP Launches Pay-More-and-Get-Your-Permit-on-Time Program). On Monday of this week, the DEP finally, after telling us "it's coming, it's coming," launched the SPEED program. It's here.

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