A Proposal for Using Peer Review in the Environmental Permitting Process
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Kyler, David C.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
The author explains the mounting
difficulties of predicting the outcome of environmental
permitting decisions as Georgia's growth continues, and
environmental capacities are pushed further toward, and
beyond, their acceptable limits. At the same time,
monitoring information remains incomplete, and
conditions required to support vital ecosystem functions
are not fully understood. There is a priority need for
new methods to help protect the public interest in
maintaining environmental quality while making
rational permitting decisions affecting natural
resources. This paper proposes the use of a peer review
process to augment EPD review of critical permit
applications, which would improve the reliability of
permit decisions while focusing science on the most
crucially needed environmental research and
monitoring techniques.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Date
2001-03
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