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DEQ asks for input on updating Montana Environmental Policy Act

by BLAIR MILLER Daily Montanan
| October 13, 2023 7:00 AM

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is holding at least three public sessions next month and has opened a public comment portal to ask for feedback on how to update the Montana Environmental Policy Act, due in part to a judge’s decision this summer regarding greenhouse gas emissions for energy projects.

The DEQ opened a public comment portal Wednesday for people to share their thoughts on modernizing MEPA, how the state can analyze greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts from permitted projects, and what else departments could do to improve the MEPA process, the agency said...

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