Senate Committee Examines Federal Permitting Rules
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Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) at the Capitol on Feb. 4. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Associated Press)
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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on the transportation committee explored strategies for streamlining the federal permitting process for infrastructure projects and mobility corridors.
During an Environment and Public Works Committee hearing Feb. 19, senators reviewed proposals aimed at consolidating permitting regulations and guidance central to the nation’s transportation network. Senior Republicans on the panel agreed with criticism expressed by Trump administration officials about the intricacies associated with such permitting rules.
“Years of changes in guidance and regulations from administration to administration and a complex web of judicial rulings have resulted in an ever-expanding hodgepodge of often duplicative and contradictory requirements,” committee Chairwoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) told colleagues. “While this confusing and complex body of administrati…
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