All DEQ staff must be training in Environmental Justice and how to receive and process comments to avoid violating rights and breaking the law.

I am very concerned about the unresponsiveness of DEQ to public comments. The agency seems to have made its mind up about permits prior to opening the public comment period. The DEQ staff responses to comments seem to be merely justifications for not considering the input from the public.

There is too much control by the regulatory agency. If cases are elevated to a citizen board, please create a process when board members hear from the applicant, regulator and public in a fair way without DEQ having an upper hand to privilege or bias information.  

시민위원회는 독립성을 회복하고 시민위원회에 부여된 모든 역할을 수행할 수 있어야 합니다. DEQ 및 Commonwealth 변호사들은 종종 이사회 구성원에게 실제로는 결정을 내릴 권한이 없다고 주장합니다.

우리는 2020 EJ 법을 준수해야 합니다.