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Why aren citizens involved in legal negotiations?

April 26, 2017citizens involved Legal negotiations

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Why aren citizens involved in legal negotiations?

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Negotiations between DEC and responsible parties often involve issues of company confidentiality which would make public negotiation of consent orders problematic. The consent order is a legal commitment to carry out an approved work plan. The work plan sets out the actions to be taken at the site. Before final approval, the work plan is made public in order to provide the opportunity for citizen input.