proposed changes to permit

  create_table "permits", :force => true do |t|
    t.string   "number",                                               :null => false
    t.string   "name",                                                 :null => false
    t.string   "agency_project"
    t.integer  "contact_id"
    t.string   "category"
    t.string   "when_req"
    t.string   "owner"
    t.string   "renewable"
    t.boolean  "startup_monitoring_reqd"
    t.date     "earliest_startup"
    t.date     "latest_startup"
    t.integer  "notification_group_id"
    t.integer  "escalation_group_id"
    t.datetime "updated_at"
    t.datetime "created_at"
    t.integer  "created_by"
    t.integer  "updated_by"
    t.datetime "deleted_at"
    t.float    "surety_amount"
    t.integer  "term"
    t.date     "application_date"
    t.date     "issued_date"
    t.integer  "process_time"
    t.float    "fee_paid"
    t.string   "status",                  :limit => 8

delete:
    t.date     "action_date"
    t.string   "action_type",             :limit => 32
    t.date     "next_notification"
    t.text     "conditions"
    t.integer  "agency_unit_id"
    t.boolean  "monitoring_reqd"
    t.integer  "monitoring_rpt_freq"
    t.string   "monitoring_rpt_unit"
    t.integer  "lock_version",                          :default => 0

all (via 'acts_as_commentable'?):
    t.text     "comment"