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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3582

Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Jil Tracy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 608/5
20 ILCS 608/7
20 ILCS 608/10
20 ILCS 608/15
20 ILCS 608/25 new
20 ILCS 608/30 new

Amends the Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform Act. Modifies
requirements concerning the Office of Business Permits and Regulatory
Assistance. Provides that the Office shall implement reforms to improve
interagency coordination and encourage expeditious permit issuance.
Provides that the Office shall use information technology tools to track
project schedules and metrics in order to improve transparency and
accountability of the permitting process, reduce uncertainty and delays,
and reduce costs and risks to taxpayers. Modifies and adds requirements
concerning the expediting of permit reviews. Provides for the creation of
an Interagency Permitting Advisory Committee. Provides additional
requirements to improve the coordination of permit reviews. Defines terms.
Makes other changes.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning State government.

2

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

4

Section 5.
The Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform
5
Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 7, 10, and 15 and by
6
adding Sections 25 and 30 as follows:

7

(20 ILCS 608/5)
8

Sec. 5.
Goal.
The goal of this Act is to improve the
9
State's business climate by making it easier for businesses to
10
deal with State requirements for doing business.
This

Subject
11
to appropriation, this
goal will be achieved through providing
12
prompt, accurate information about existing requirements,
13
avoiding unnecessary requirements,
expediting permit issuance,

14
and increasing the transparency and accessibility of
15
permitting processes by consolidating status updates from
16
State agencies regarding the issuance of permits for covered
17
projects.
18
(Source: P.A. 103-538, eff. 1-1-24
.)

19

(20 ILCS 608/7)
20

Sec. 7.
Definitions.

Covered project.

As used in this
21
Act
:

,
22

"Authorization" means any license, permit, approval,

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finding, determination, or other administrative decision that
2
is issued by a State agency and any interagency consultation
3
that is required or authorized under State law in order to
4
site, construct, reconstruct, or commence operations of a
5
covered project administered by a State agency or, in the case
6
of a unit of local government that chooses to participate in
7
the environmental review and authorization process in
8
accordance with subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of
9
subsection (c) of Section 30, a local permitting authority.
10

"Committee" means the Interagency Permitting Advisory
11
Committee established under Section 25.
12

"Covered project" means any activity in Illinois that
13
involves construction of infrastructure for renewable or
14
conventional energy production, electricity transmission,
15
surface transportation, aviation, ports and waterways, water
16
resource projects, broadband, pipelines, or manufacturing and
17
that requires authorization or environmental review by a State
18
agency, is subject to permitting requirements pursuant to the
19
Environmental Protection Act, and is likely to require a total
20
investment of more than $20,000,000.
21

"Project sponsor" means an entity, including any private
22
entity, public entity, or public-private entity, seeking an
23
authorization for a covered project.
24

"covered project" means any project in Illinois that: (1)
25
involves the construction of infrastructure for renewable or
26
conventional energy production, electricity transmission,

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surface transportation, aviation, ports and waterways, water
2
resource development, broadband, pipelines, or manufacturing;
3
(2) requires authorization or environmental review by a State
4
agency; (3) is likely to require a total future investment of
5
more than $20,000,000; and (4) is the subject of a petition for
6
recognition as a covered project that has been approved by the
7
Department.
8
(Source: P.A. 103-538, eff. 1-1-24
.)

9

(20 ILCS 608/10)
10

Sec. 10.
Executive Office.
There is created an Office of
11
Business Permits and Regulatory Assistance (hereinafter
12
referred to as "office") within the Department of Commerce and
13
Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic
14
Opportunity)
,
which shall
: (i)
provide assistance to
15
businesses in meeting State requirements for doing business
,
16
(ii) consolidate existing programs throughout State
17
government,
and
(iii)
perform other functions specified in
18
this Act.
The office shall implement reforms to improve
19
interagency coordination that allow for expeditious permitting
20
issuance. The office shall use information technology tools to
21
track project schedules and metrics in order to improve
22
transparency and accountability in the permitting process,
23
reduce uncertainty and delays, and reduce costs and risks to
24
taxpayers.
The office shall use information technology tools
25
to track schedules for covered projects and metrics in order

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to improve transparency and accountability in the permitting
2
process, reduce uncertainty and delays, and reduce costs and
3
risks to taxpayers. The office shall carry out the provisions
4
of this Act
, subject to funding through appropriation
.
5
(Source: P.A. 103-538, eff. 1-1-24
.)

6

(20 ILCS 608/15)
7

Sec. 15.
Providing Information and Expediting Permit
8
Reviews.
9

(a) The office shall provide an online information system
10
using a website advertised throughout the State. Interested
11
businesses shall be sent, electronically, a basic business
12
kit, describing the basic requirements and procedures for
13
doing business in Illinois.
14

(b) (Blank).
15

(c) Any applicant for permits required for a business
16
activity may confer with the office to obtain assistance in
17
the prompt and efficient processing and review of
18
applications. The office shall
, subject to appropriation,

19
designate an employee of the office to act as a permit
20
assistance manager to:
21

(1) facilitate contacts for the applicant with
22

responsible agencies;
23

(2) arrange conferences to clarify the requirements of
24

interested agencies;
25

(3) consider with State agencies the feasibility of

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consolidating hearings and data required of the applicant;
2

(4) assist the applicant in resolution of outstanding
3

issues identified by State agencies; and
4

(5) coordinate federal, State and local regulatory
5

procedures and permit review actions to the extent
6

possible.
7

(d) The office shall publish an online directory of State
8
business permits and State programs to assist businesses.
9

(e) The office shall attempt to establish agreements with
10
local governments to allow the office to provide assistance to
11
applicants for permits required by these local governments.
12

(f) (Blank).
13

(g) In addition to its responsibilities in connection with
14
permit assistance, the office shall provide general regulatory
15
information by directing businesses to appropriate officers in
16
State agencies to supply the information requested.
17

(h) The office shall help businesses to locate and apply
18
to training programs available to train current employees in
19
particular skills, techniques or areas of knowledge relevant
20
to the employees' present or anticipated job duties. In
21
pursuit of this objective, the office shall provide businesses
22
with pertinent information about training programs offered by
23
State agencies, units of local government, public universities
24
and colleges, community colleges, and school districts in
25
Illinois.
26

(i) The office shall help businesses to locate and apply

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to State programs offering to businesses grants, loans, loan
2
or bond guarantees, investment partnerships, technology or
3
productivity consultation, or other forms of business
4
assistance.
5

(j) To the extent authorized by federal law, the office
6
shall assist businesses in ascertaining and complying with the
7
requirements of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
8

(k) The office shall provide confidential on-site
9
assistance in identifying problems and solutions in compliance
10
with requirements of State and federal environmental
11
regulations. The office shall work through and contract with
12
the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center to provide
13
confidential on-site consultation audits that (i) assist
14
regulatory compliance and (ii) identify pollution prevention
15
opportunities.
16

(k-5) Until July 1, 2012, the office shall provide
17
confidential on-site assistance, including, but not limited
18
to, consultation audits, to identify problems and solutions
19
regarding compliance with the requirements of the federal
20
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. On and after
21
July 1, 2012, the Department of Labor shall provide
22
confidential on-site assistance, including, but not limited
23
to, consultation audits, to identify problems and solutions
24
regarding compliance with the requirements of the federal
25
Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
26

(l) The office shall provide information on existing loan

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and business assistance programs provided by the State.
2

(m) Each State agency having jurisdiction to approve or
3
deny a permit shall have the continuing power heretofore or
4
hereafter vested in it to make such determinations. The
5
provisions of this Act shall not lessen or reduce such powers
6
and shall modify the procedures followed in carrying out such
7
powers only to the extent provided in this Act.
8

(n) (1) Each State agency shall
, subject to appropriation,

9
fully cooperate with the office in providing information,
10
documentation, personnel or facilities requested by the
11
office.
12

(2) Each State agency shall annually provide the office
13
with processes and timelines for all permits.
14

(o) (1) The office shall
, subject to appropriation,

15
identify
, develop,
and track metrics for the timeline of
16
permit reviews, permit decisions, and project outcomes for
17
covered projects.
18

The office shall
, subject to appropriation,
administer and
19
expand the use of online transparency tools providing:
20

(i) tracking and reporting metrics;
21

(ii)
development and
posting of regulatory timelines
22

for permit reviews and permit decisions; those timelines
23

shall be provided to the office by each State agency
24

having jurisdiction over permits;
25

(iii) the sharing of best practices relating to
26

efficient project permitting and reviews; those best

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practices shall be provided to the office by each State
2

agency having jurisdiction over permits; and
3

(iv) a visual display of relevant geospatial data to
4

support the permitting process.
5

(2) The office
shall

may
conduct or cause to be conducted a
6
thorough review of any agency's permit requirements and the
7
need by the State to require such permits. The office shall
8
draw on the review, on its direct experience, and on its
9
statistical analyses to prepare recommendations regarding how
10
to:
11

(i) eliminate unnecessary or antiquated permit
12

requirements;
13

(ii) consolidate duplicative or overlapping permit
14

requirements;
15

(iii) simplify overly complex or lengthy application
16

procedures;
17

(iv) expedite time-consuming agency review and
18

approval procedures; or
19

(v) otherwise improve the permitting processes in the
20

State.
21

The office shall submit copies of all recommendations
22
within 5 days of issuance to the affected agency, the
23
Governor, the General Assembly, and the Joint Committee on
24
Administrative Rules.
25

(p) The office
shall

may
review State forms to ascertain
26
the burden, if any, of complying with those forms. If the

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office determines that a form is unduly burdensome to
2
business, it may recommend to the agency issuing the form
3
either that the form be eliminated or that specific changes be
4
made in the form.
5

(q) Not later than March 1 of each year, beginning March 1,
6
1995, the office shall submit an annual report of its
7
activities during the preceding year to the Governor and
8
General Assembly. The report shall describe the activities of
9
the office during the preceding year and shall contain
10
statistical information on the permit assistance activities of
11
the office.
12

(r)
(Blank).

All provisions of this Section are subject to
13
adequate appropriation for the purpose of carrying out
14
provisions of this Section.

15
(Source: P.A. 103-538, eff. 1-1-24
.)

16

(20 ILCS 608/25 new)
17

Sec. 25.
Interagency Permitting Advisory Committee.
18

(a) The Interagency Permitting Advisory Committee is
19
hereby established. The Director of each permitting agency
20
shall designate a representative of the permitting agency to
21
serve on the Committee and represent the permitting agency as
22
the agency chief environmental review and permitting officer
23
as required by this Act.
24

(b) In addition, the following officials or their
25
designees shall serve as ex officio members of the Committee:

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(1) the head of the Office of Business Permits and
2

Regulatory Assistance;
3

(2) the Director of the Environmental Protection
4

Agency;
5

(3) the Secretary of Transportation;
6

(4) the Director of Natural Resources;
7

(5) the Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission;
8

(6) the State Fire Marshal; and
9

(7) the Director of Public Health.

10

(20 ILCS 608/30 new)
11

Sec. 30.
Permitting process improvement.
12

(a) Project initiation and designation of participating
13
agencies.
14

(1) Notice.
15

(A) A project sponsor of a covered project shall
16

submit to the office notice of the initiation of a
17

proposed covered project.
18

(B) Each notice described in subparagraph (A)
19

shall include:
20

(i) a statement of the purposes and objectives
21

of the proposed project;
22

(ii) a concise description, including the
23

general location of the proposed project and a
24

summary of geospatial information, if available,
25

illustrating the project area and the locations,

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if any, of environmental, cultural, and historic
2

resources;
3

(iii) a statement regarding the technical and
4

financial ability of the project sponsor to
5

construct the proposed project;
6

(iv) a statement of any financing and
7

authorizations anticipated to be required to
8

complete the proposed project; and
9

(v) an assessment that the proposed project
10

meets the definition of a covered project under
11

Section 7 and a statement of reasons supporting
12

the assessment.
13

(2) Invitation.
14

(A) Not later than 21 calendar days after the date
15

on which the office makes a specific entry for the
16

project on the Permitting Dashboard under paragraph
17

(1) of subsection (b), the office, with input from the
18

agency chief environmental review and permitting
19

officer, shall:
20

(i) identify agencies and governmental
21

entities likely to have financing, environmental
22

review, authorization, or other responsibilities
23

with respect to the proposed project; and
24

(ii) invite all agencies identified under
25

clause (i) to become a cooperating agency, in the
26

environmental review and authorization management

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process described in this Section.
2

(B) Each invitation made under subparagraph (A)
3

shall include a 14-calendar-day deadline for a
4

response to be submitted to the office.
5

(3) Cooperating agencies.
6

(A) An agency invited under paragraph (2) shall be
7

designated as a cooperating agency for a covered
8

project, unless the agency informs the office in
9

writing before the deadline under subparagraph (B) of
10

paragraph (2) that the agency:
11

(i) has no jurisdiction or authority with
12

respect to the proposed project; or
13

(ii) does not intend to exercise authority
14

related to, or submit comments on, the proposed
15

project.
16

(B) On request and a showing of changed
17

circumstances, the office may designate an agency that
18

has opted out under subparagraph (A)(ii) of this
19

paragraph (3) of being a cooperating agency.
20

(4) The designation described in paragraph (3) shall
21

not:
22

(A) give the cooperating agency authority or
23

jurisdiction over the covered project; or
24

(B) expand any jurisdiction or authority a
25

cooperating agency may have over the proposed project.
26

(b) Permitting Dashboard.

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(1) Requirement to maintain.
2

(A) The office, in coordination with the
3

Department of Innovation and Technology, shall
4

maintain an online database to be known as the
5

"Permitting Dashboard" to track the status of
6

environmental reviews and authorizations for any
7

covered project.
8

(B) If the office determines that the project is
9

not a covered project, the project sponsor may submit
10

a further explanation as to why the project is a
11

covered project not later than 14 days after the date
12

of being notified of the determination.
13

(C) Not later than 14 days after receiving an
14

explanation described in subparagraph (B), the office
15

shall:
16

(i) make a final and conclusive determination
17

as to whether the project is a covered project;
18

and
19

(ii) if the office determines that the project
20

is a covered project, create a specific entry on
21

the Permitting Dashboard for the covered project.
22

(2) Postings by agencies.
23

(A) For each covered project added to the
24

Permitting Dashboard under paragraph (1), the office
25

and each cooperating agency shall post to the
26

Permitting Dashboard:

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(i) a hyperlink that directs to a website that
2

contains, to the extent consistent with applicable
3

law:
4

(I) the notification submitted under
5

paragraph (1) of subsection (a);
6

(II) where practicable, the applications
7

and supporting documents that have been
8

submitted by a project sponsor for any
9

required environmental review or authorization
10

or a notice explaining how the public may
11

obtain access to such documents;
12

(III) a description of any agency action
13

taken or decision made that materially affects
14

the status of a covered project;
15

(IV) any significant document that
16

supports the action or decision described in
17

subclause (III); and
18

(V) a description of the status of any
19

litigation to which the agency is a party that
20

is directly related to the project, including,
21

if practicable, any judicial document made
22

available on an electronic docket maintained
23

by a federal, State, or local court; and
24

(ii) any document described in clause (i) that
25

is not available by hyperlink on another website.
26

(B) The information described in subparagraph (A)

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shall be posted to the website made available by
2

hyperlink on the Permitting Dashboard not later than 5
3

business days after the date on which the agency
4

receives the information.
5

(3) Postings by the office. The office shall publish
6

to the Permitting Dashboard:
7

(A) the permitting timetable established under
8

paragraph (2) of subsection (c);
9

(B) the status of the compliance of each agency
10

with the permitting timetable;
11

(C) any modifications of the permitting timetable;
12

(D) an explanation of each modification described
13

in subparagraph (C); and
14

(E) any memorandum of understanding established
15

under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subsection
16

(c).
17

(c) Coordination and timetables.
18

(1) Coordinated project plan.
19

(A) Not later than 60 days after the date on which
20

it makes a specific entry for the project on the
21

Permitting Dashboard, the office, in consultation with
22

each agency chief environmental review and permitting
23

officer, shall establish a concise plan for
24

coordinating public and agency participation in, and
25

completion of, any required environmental review and
26

authorization for the project.

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(B) The coordinated project plan shall include the
2

following information and be updated by the office, as
3

applicable, at least once per quarter:
4

(i) A list of all entities with environmental
5

review or authorization responsibility for the
6

project and their roles and responsibilities.
7

(ii) A permitting timetable, as described in
8

paragraph (2), setting forth a comprehensive
9

schedule of dates by which all environmental
10

reviews and authorizations and, to the maximum
11

extent practicable, other jurisdictions' permits,
12

reviews, and approvals must be made.
13

(iii) A discussion of potential avoidance,
14

minimization, and mitigation strategies, if
15

required by applicable law and known.
16

(iv) Plans and a schedule for public outreach
17

and coordination, to the extent required by
18

applicable law.
19

(C) The coordinated project plan described in
20

subparagraph (A) may be incorporated into a memorandum
21

of understanding.
22

(2) Permitting timetable.
23

(A) As part of the coordination project plan under
24

paragraph (1), the office, in consultation with each
25

agency chief environmental review and permitting
26

officer, the project sponsor, and any unit of local

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government in which the project is located, and,
2

subject to subparagraph (C), with the concurrence of
3

each cooperating agency, shall establish a permitting
4

timetable that includes intermediate and final
5

completion dates for action by each cooperating agency
6

on any environmental review or authorization required
7

for the project. The final completion dates shall be
8

based on relevant historical data but with the aim of
9

completing all required authorizations within 2 years.
10

(B) In establishing the permitting timetable under
11

subparagraph (A), the office may vary the timetable
12

based on relevant factors including:
13

(i) the size and complexity of the covered
14

project;
15

(ii) the resources available to each
16

participating agency;
17

(iii) the regional or national economic
18

significance of the project;
19

(iv) the sensitivity of the natural or
20

historic resources that may be affected by the
21

project;
22

(v) the financing plan for the project; and
23

(vi) the extent to which similar projects in
24

geographic proximity to the project were recently
25

subject to environmental review or similar
26

procedures under State law.

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(C) Dispute resolution.
2

(i) The office, in consultation with
3

appropriate agency chief environmental review and
4

permitting officers and the project sponsor,
5

shall, as necessary, mediate any disputes
6

regarding the permitting timetable referred to
7

under subparagraph (A).
8

(ii) If a dispute remains unresolved 30 days
9

after the date on which the dispute was submitted
10

to the office, the Director of the Governor's
11

Office of Management and Budget shall facilitate a
12

resolution of the dispute and direct the agencies
13

that are parties to the dispute to resolve the
14

dispute by the end of the 60-day period beginning
15

on the date of submission of the dispute to the
16

office.
17

(iii) Any action taken by the Director of the
18

Governor's Office of Management and Budget in the
19

resolution of a dispute under clause (ii) shall:
20

(I) be final and conclusive; and
21

(II) not be subject to judicial review.
22

(D) Modification after approval.
23

(i) The office may modify a permitting
24

timetable established under subparagraph (A) only
25

if:
26

(I) the affected cooperating agencies,

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after consultation with the project sponsor,
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agree to a different completion date;
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(II) the affected cooperating agency
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provides a written justification for the
5

modification; and
6

(III) in the case of a modification that
7

would necessitate an extension of a final
8

completion date under a permitting timetable
9

established under subparagraph (A) to a date
10

more than 30 days after the final completion
11

date originally established under subparagraph
12

(A), the office shall consult with the project
13

sponsor and make a determination on the
14

record, based on consideration of the relevant
15

factors described under subparagraph (B),
16

whether to make such modification.
17

(ii) A completion date in the permitting
18

timetable may not be modified within 30 days after
19

the completion date.
20

(iii) Limitation on length of modifications.
21

(I) Except as provided in subclause (II),
22

the total length of all modifications to a
23

permitting timetable authorized or made under
24

this subparagraph (D), other than for reasons
25

outside the control of federal, State, local,
26

or tribal governments, may not extend the

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permitting timetable for a period of time
2

greater than half of the amount of time from
3

the establishment of the permitting timetable
4

under subparagraph (A) to the last final
5

completion date originally established under
6

subparagraph (A).
7

(II) The Director of the Governor's Office
8

of Management and Budget, after consultation
9

with the project sponsor, may permit the
10

office to authorize additional extensions of a
11

permitting timetable beyond the limit
12

prescribed by subclause (I). In such a case,
13

the Director of the Governor's Office of
14

Management and Budget shall transmit, not
15

later than 5 days after making a determination
16

to permit an authorization of extension under
17

this subclause (II), a report to the General
18

Assembly explaining why such modification is
19

required. Such report shall explain to the
20

General Assembly with specificity why the
21

original permitting timetable and the
22

modifications authorized by the office failed
23

to be adequate. The office shall transmit to
24

the Director of the Governor's Office of
25

Management and Budget a supplemental report on
26

progress toward the final completion date each

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year thereafter, until the permit review is
2

completed or the project sponsor withdraws its
3

notice or application or other request to
4

which this Section applies.
5

(iv) The following shall not be subject to
6

judicial review:
7

(I) A determination by the office under
8

subclause (III) of clause (i).
9

(II) A determination under subclause (II)
10

of clause (iii) by the Director of the
11

Governor's Office of Management and Budget to
12

permit the office to authorize extensions of a
13

permitting timetable.
14

(E) A permitting timetable established under
15

subparagraph (A) shall be consistent with any other
16

relevant time period established under law and shall
17

not prevent any cooperating agency from discharging
18

any obligation under law in connection with the
19

project.
20

(F) Conforming to permitting timetables.
21

(i) Each agency shall conform to the
22

completion dates set forth in the permitting
23

timetable established under subparagraph (A), or
24

with any completion date modified under
25

subparagraph (D).
26

(ii) If an agency fails to conform with a

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completion date for agency action on a covered
2

project or is at significant risk of failing to
3

conform with such a completion date, the agency
4

shall:
5

(I) promptly submit to the office for
6

publication on the Permitting Dashboard an
7

explanation of the specific reasons for
8

failing or significantly risking failing to
9

conform to the completion date and a proposal
10

for an alternative completion date;
11

(II) in consultation with the office,
12

establish an alternative completion date; and
13

(III) each month thereafter until the
14

agency has taken final action on the delayed
15

authorization or review, submit to the office
16

for posting on the Permitting Dashboard a
17

status report describing any agency activity
18

related to the project.
19

(G) Abandonment of covered project.
20

(i) If the office has a reasonable basis to
21

doubt the continuing technical or financial
22

ability of the project sponsor to construct the
23

covered project, the office may request the
24

project sponsor provide an updated statement
25

regarding the ability of the project sponsor to
26

complete the project.

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(ii) If the project sponsor fails to respond
2

to a request described in clause (i) by the date
3

that is 30 days after receiving the request, the
4

office shall publish an appropriate notice on the
5

Permitting Dashboard.
6

(iii) On publication of a notice under clause
7

(ii), the completion dates in the permitting
8

timetable shall be tolled and agencies shall be
9

relieved of the obligation to comply with
10

subparagraph (F) until the project sponsor submits
11

to the office an updated statement regarding the
12

technical and financial ability of the project
13

sponsor to construct the project.
14

(3) Cooperating local governments.
15

(A) If the environmental review is being
16

implemented within the boundaries of a unit of local
17

government, it may choose to participate in the
18

environmental review and authorization process under
19

this subsection and to make subject to the process all
20

local authorities that:
21

(i) have jurisdiction over the covered
22

project;
23

(ii) are required to conduct or issue a
24

review, analysis, opinion, or statement for the
25

covered project; or
26

(iii) are required to make a determination on

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issuing a permit, license, or other approval or
2

decision for the covered project.
3

(B) To the maximum extent practicable under
4

applicable law, the office shall coordinate the
5

environmental review and authorization processes under
6

this subsection (c) with any local authority
7

responsible for conducting any separate review or
8

authorization of the covered project to ensure timely
9

and efficient completion of environmental reviews and
10

authorizations.
11

(C) Any coordination plan between the office and
12

any local authority shall, to the maximum extent
13

practicable, be included in a memorandum of
14

understanding.
15

(d) Early consultation. The office shall provide an
16
expeditious process for project sponsors to confer with each
17
cooperating agency involved and, not later than 60 days after
18
the date on which the project sponsor submits a request under
19
this subsection, to have each such agency provide to the
20
project sponsor information concerning:
21

(1) the availability of information and tools,
22

including pre-application toolkits, to facilitate early
23

planning efforts;
24

(2) key issues of concern to each agency and to the
25

public; and
26

(3) issues that must be addressed before an

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environmental review or authorization can be completed.

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