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ENVIRONMENTAL-PERMITTING5 MIN READ

Two Clocks: Date Deadline and Event Trigger

Classify permit obligations as calendar deadlines or operational triggers.

The reframe: a permit condition can be missed even when every calendar date is green. Date deadlines are visible Recurring reports, renewals, and inspection frequencies belong on a calendar. They are stable enough to assign far in advance, and they usually have a known owner. Event triggers are created by work Trigger obligations depend on what the project does. They can be created by construction sequencing, material substitution, equipment startup, storm events, field discoveries, or complaints. The people who create the trigger may not be the people who manage the permit. Threshold triggers need evidence Some obligations start when a…

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