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REGULATORY COORDINATION <br /> <br />~L <br /> <br />To minimize avoidable regulatory problems and costs for businesses in Alameda <br />County while maintaining high standards for public safety and environmental <br />protection. <br /> <br />Objective 1 -- Reoort on Local Reoulatorv Climate and Policy Ontion$ <br /> <br />To draft a report within six months analyzing the impacts of environmental <br />regulation on Alameda County's economic competitiveness, and options to <br />mitigate avoidable problems. To prepare this report, the Regulatory <br />Coordinator will: <br /> <br />· Consult with business representatives to identify the most critical <br /> problems involved in obtaining environmental permits. <br /> <br />· Study environmental regulatory streamlining, fast tracking and <br /> coordination programs and efforts in other communities and develop <br /> recommendations and guidelines to carry out a similar effort locally. <br /> <br />Objective 2 -- Convene Inter-Aaencv Environmental Reoulatorv Counctl <br /> <br />To convene within six months an Environmental Regulatory Council with <br />representatives from environmental regulatory agencies with jurisdiction in <br />Alameda County to serve as a forum for interagency review and coordination of <br />environmental permitting and review processes. The council members will be <br />requested to: <br /> <br />Inventory agency regulatory review and permitting procedures, standards and <br />requirements, along with agency procedures and efforts to mitigate economic <br />impacts and to assist business in achieving compliance. <br /> <br />Evaluate alternatives to clarify and streamline regulatory agency <br />jurisdictions, standards and procedures. <br /> <br />· Develop a proposal to coordinate regulatory standards and procedures where <br /> agency jurisdictions overlap. <br /> <br />-13- <br /> <br /> <br />