Aylesworth, Ryan J.Becker, Dennis R.Kilgore, Michael A.2011-06-212011-06-212008-06https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107761This report was prepared in response to 2005 Minnesota Session Laws, Chapter 1, Section 2, Subsection 7, requiring the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to submit a report to the Minnesota House and Senate Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance Committees benchmarking Environmental Review and permitting laws and procedures in Minnesota with states containing comparable forestry and mining development projects. The report consists of a review of state environmental review programs, case studies of four forestry and four mining development projects, and results of a focus group meeting with state environmental review and permitting project managers.en-USReport