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Marit Carlson-Van Dort

64:45 - 65:02

“one of the primary concerns that I have is that this not devolve into essentially the board's reconsideration process. That's very important to me.”
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Alaska News
Location
Alaska
Captured at
October 21, 2026

From the transcript

What this ratification or approval process actually looks like, and then what the responsibilities or expectations are of the department. I mean, at the— at a bare minimum, I would see the department essentially collating and batching the comments that it receives through the— this additional 30-day public comment period on the actual regulatory text. So But I want to make clear that one of the primary concerns that I have is that this not devolve into essentially the board's reconsideration process. That's very important to me. That is the time and space for that is deliberations.

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