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August 10, 1992 <br />PvijG 1 e <br />Dear Citizen: <br />The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQB) invites you to participate in a public meeting to <br />discuss the effectiveness and efficiency of state environmental services, laws and regulations, and how <br />reorganization of state agencies might improve the delivery of services and administration. <br />Governor Carlson’s Commission on Reform and Efficiency (CORE) is exploring how the services and <br />efficiency of the state’s environmental agencies can be improved, and will be making recommendations <br />to the Governor. Also, the 1992 Legislature considered a biU that proposed extensive consoUdaUon <br />and restructuring of several state environmental agetKies. <br />The Environmental Quality Board, in response to these two initiatives and its own statutory mandate <br />to coordinate the development of state environmental policy, believes that decisions regarding these <br />important issues should be based upon a record which includes public consideration and commenL <br />Therefore, the Environmental Quality Board, in conjunction with CORE, will host a series of public <br />meetings to solicit the answers to four basic questions: <br />I. What state environmental policies should be revised, and in what way. to provide <br />better, more efficient protection for the state’s environment and natural <br />resources? <br />2. What problems currently exist with the delivery of environmental services? <br />3. What problems currently exist with the administration and enforcement of <br />environmental laws and regulations by state agencies? <br />4.What reorganization or restructuring of state agencies would be necessary or <br />desirable to provide more efficient and effective environmental services and <br />administration and enforcement of environmental laws and regulations? <br />l^ach meeting will be conducted by a panel of Board members. The information gathered will be used <br />by the EQB to develop a strategic plan for Minnesota’s environment, and will be made available to <br />CORE to assist in development of its recommendatioiis. <br />Meeting dates, times, and locations are listed on the following page. I urge you to attend one of these <br />important meetings and express your opinion on any or all ot the above questions. <br />Robert Dunn. Chair <br />Minnesota Envircnmental Quality Board <br />I <br />miiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiniiiii isiciitiSlim.SI.Hii.mS5is!i sisiis-sios iiisissis-sssi sunsiiiiiiiiimsiiiiiii