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DOE nominees field questions on NEPA reform, energy-efficiency rollbacks and stewardship of taxpayer funds
Summary
Jonathan Brightbill, nominee for Department of Energy general counsel, and Tina Pierce, nominee for DOE chief financial officer, testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee about NEPA litigation, recent DOE changes to energy-efficiency rules and their commitments to legal compliance and financial stewardship.
Jonathan Brightbill, President Trump's nominee for general counsel at the Department of Energy, and Tina Pierce, the nominee for DOE chief financial officer, appeared before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on May 13 and faced questioning about NEPA litigation, recent administrative rollbacks of energy-efficiency rules, and how the department will respond to congressional oversight requests.
The core exchanges focused on NEPA and litigation risk. Chairman Mike Lee asked Brightbill about how NEPA should treat analyses done by cooperating agencies. Brightbill said NEPA reform should address litigation risk, saying that "NEPA reform really ought to be a euphemism for NEPA litigation…
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