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Members press need to speed NEPA and permitting to lower costs and deliver projects faster
Summary
Members and witnesses described lengthy NEPA reviews and fragmented federal permitting as a major cause of project delay and cost increases, proposing interagency collaboration, categorical exclusions and 'one federal decision' implementation as remedies.
Multiple members—including Representatives Westerman, Stalberg and others—and witnesses said project delays driven by environmental reviews, duplicative federal permitting and litigation add substantially to project cost and time.
AASHTO and state DOT witnesses described the ‘‘one federal decision’’ provision in IIJA as a tool that, if fully implemented, could shorten timelines; some states have pursued NEPA…
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