That allowed drilling permits to be issued in exchange not for safety plans, but assurances of safety from oil companies.
The George W. Bush administration allowed individual drilling permits to be issued without a detailed environmental review, resulting in a surge of oil and gas production.
The northwestern Maine town was chosen to host the state moose lottery, where 50,000 applicants hope to be picked for one of the 3,725 hunting permits to be issued in the state of Maine this year.
Another change included in the ordinances would allow certain types of conditional-use permits to be issued administratively, instead of holding a public hearing.
An NRA ad from 2017 features controversial spokeswoman Dana Loesch telling the story of a woman who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in her driveway while waiting for her concealed carry permit to be issued.
The number of permits to be issued to carbon emitters from 2013 to 2020 has already been fixed.
State regulators will release their final report sometime next year, which will open the door for drilling permits to be issued.
The department's commissioner, Joe Martens, has long said that he expects drilling permits to be issued next year under the new regulations.
If the golf course is approved by voters, it would take about two years for the necessary permits to be issued, Mr. Driscoll said.
The employing university liaises with the immigration department and it usually takes less than four weeks for a work permit to be issued.
Joel H. Sachs, a lawyer representing Sleepy Hollow, said there was no deadline for the permit to be issued, but Mr. Sachs said he hoped it would be issued by the end of November.
