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Subcommittee reviews bill to speed repair of communications infrastructure after wildfires
Summary
Lawmakers and industry witnesses supported HR 1655, which would allow expedited rebuilding of communication facilities damaged in declared wildfire disasters by narrowing duplicative NEPA and NHPA reviews, while members asked about preserving environmental and cultural protections.
The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands heard testimony on HR 1655, the Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act, a bill designed to speed repair and replacement of communications infrastructure damaged or destroyed in declared wildfire disaster footprints.
Representative Cliff Bentz (Bence in the transcript) introduced the measure and said the bill provides "a targeted exemption from these reviews for communication infrastructure projects located within the footprint of a declared wildfire disaster," applying only to facilities replacing damaged structures…
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