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Governor Fares
Better With Panel
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By TERRY SCANLON
CapdUl N«wi Service
RICHMOND — Even though an advisory panel appointed by Gov. George Allen called for the state's environmental protection agencies to prosecute more repeat offenders, it stopped short of finding flaws with the current enforcement policy. It also recommended some small-scale deregulation.
In all, the panel sharply contrasted with a scathing report concerning the Allen administration given earlier this month by the legislature's investigative branch, the Joint Legislative and Audit Review Commission.
The Governor's Commission on Environmental Stewardship, headed by Attorney General James S. Gilmore III, submitted 53 recommendations to improve the state's environmental protection laws.
Still, one significant change called for the state to assist businesses with their technology to help protect the environment. The commission suggested that a portion of the money raised from fines against polluters be used for loans to small businesses for purchasing pollution-prevention equipment. v
The governor's panel also suggested easing some per-; mits to allow industries to use innovative but unproven technology for pollution prevention.
Nonetheless, environmentalists contend that the environmental commission's recommendations aren't strong enough.
"What we are seeing here is a molehill of policy interspersed in a mountain of politics," said Albert Pollard, a lobbyist for the Sierra Club of Virginia.
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