Representation in decision making and ownership of the results should be fair and equitable across the state.
Thus, the regulation needs to include: scheduling public hearings on permits to be held in and for the directly impacted communities earlier in the process and with both in person and hybrid opportunities; hold public hearings when accessible to full time workers; and give more advance notice of when public hearings will be held, throughout a variety of media. Also, make clear the impacts involved in the decision. We need more equity and more forethought.