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In his second State of the State address, Governor Rick Snyder did not spend a lot of time talking about the environment. But he did say that agriculture, tourism, mining and the timber industry are key to the state’s future.
He also talked about his push to overhaul the state’s regulatory system.
“So far we’ve rescinded nearly 400 obsolete, confusing and burdensome regulations.”
Now... those 400 regulations are not all environmental. But Governor Snyder did call out one set of rules that was on the books.
“The Department of Environmental Quality has 28 separate requirements for outhouses, including a requirement that the seat not be left up.”
The governor got big laughs - it was the best punch line of the evening. But of course, there’s a serious undertone to the Governor’s plans for overhauling the way the state regulates businesses.