Comments on: Obama White House Can Release Visitor Logs – Why Can’t DEP?

By: WolfeNotes.com » DEP Invokes Nixon’s Watergate Argument to Conceal Private Meetings

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:55:23 +0000

[...] We previously wroite about this issue in “Obama White House Can Release Visitor Logs – Why Can’t DEP?” [...]

By: WolfeNotes.com » DEP Denies Access To Records on former Corzine Aide Lobbying

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:29:29 +0000

[...] DEP is a public regulatory agency, not a Las Vegas bawdyhouse. DEP must be transparent. Currently, DEP typically meets secretly for months in advance with polluters and developers on major projects. These “pre-application meetings” negotiate permit requirements and establish review schedules. At times, the formal public permit process is a sham, where DEP goes through the motions to issue a permit already decided. The public is put at a serious disadvantage by these meetings, and must be given equal information and access to DEP. See this for our transparency petition now pending before DEP Commissioner Mauriello). [...]

By: WolfeNotes.com » Chemical Industry Lobbyists Met With DEP Commissioner Today

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:34:38 +0000

[...] industry and developers that illustrate the need for more transparency at DEP. We recently petitioned DEP to force public disclosure of these kinds of private meetings. That petition is currently before Commissioner Mauriello, who [...]