mlnJsLr,ilivc rules lo implement ('¢dcral `ind stale ctw~rom~lcnl,i[
<br /> Policies shoul6 invo!.vc Ioc,,t i',ovcmmc~tts itt Utc pr~css aL Lhn
<br /> c,irllcst slncCs or development.
<br />· In c~cs where slain ol[cncics is.~uc [x:rmils for activities nri'ccdn§
<br /> thc environment affected loc,il §ovcmmcnL~ should be ~iven ample
<br /> oppo~tunlw Iocommen[ on all proposed pcrmlis in temps o~'cousis-
<br /> tc~y with Io~t pimps ~'~U polici~s.
<br /> · In cases where si,tlc law dclcgalcs responsibility rot implementa-
<br /> tion monltodng and cnrorccmcnt orcnvironmem,il policy lo local
<br /> ~ovcmmcnts thc $1,i1¢ should provide, IJtrou~h I,iw ,ind rcgul,ilion,
<br /> tm ~)ptlmum noxibllity al. Utc loc,il level m carrying out
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<br /> · $ a c law and ,idminlsU'atlvc rules should ,illow local govcrnmcnis
<br /> maldnmm discretion in settinc Ecs rot such scrvlccs cs inspections,
<br /> J~uancc or permils, monitoring ,ictlvidcs ,ind cAlrorecment.
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<br /> · Witch st`itc law mandates th,il. ,ill loc.l! Covcmnlenis ,issumc new or
<br /> cxpnnd~d rcsponsibtlil, lcs for proi¢ctio~ or ibc environment th`it
<br /> pr¢'viously wc¥c considered Io be discrcliou,iry ecllvltlcs ,qt [ho loc,il
<br /> level, thc General Assembly should provide fundinc i'or st`ir.L-up
<br /> expenditures r~,milin~ tram Utc m,'md,ite. ~"hcn st,itc law manontcs
<br /> Lhnt stale ,igcocics unUert,ike envlronment,il monilorin§ uctivitics,
<br /> Utc Gcncrut Asscmbty shocld futt~, fund thc stall' nec~'~snW to
<br /> unUcrt,ikc I]lcsc mmtilorlnc rcsponsdfililics.
<br />~,ol.~ncln~, Development &' En~[ronmenh~l Protection
<br />Ali hum,in activillcs h,ive,i~ imp`ici on die cnvlronmcnt. County §ovcm-
<br />meals bail,ye tit,it p~btlc Policy on cnvironmcnt[tl ~)rotecbnn must
<br />rccogn ~'.c ti is r,ict ondprovide,i rntlon,il balance between these inlcrcsls.
<br />To dial. end, thc Assoc{otlon o~'County Commi~ioncrs believes tis`it it is
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<br />men! b~ c~crully cv,ilu,itcU in terms o1' rci,itivc cosls nnd benefits
<br />,ictuol risks [x~. c~l to hum`in hcat'Ji in ,ibscncc or marc stringent re~ul,i-
<br />don or,ict[v~tlcs ,idUrcsscd by thc polici,'~.
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