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Senator Sheehy’s regional staff hear county complaints about FEMA, forest projects and flood recovery
Summary
Representatives from Senator Sheehy’s office met with Carbon County officials to hear repeated complaints about FEMA processes, Army Corps permitting, forest fuels projects and local flood recovery; commissioners urged legislative fixes and better federal coordination.
Representatives from Senator Jon Tester’s office (Senator Sheehy’s eastern regional director, introduced to the board on July 8) and an intern met with the Carbon County commissioners for more than an hour to discuss federal-level barriers local officials say slowed recovery and complicated mitigation after the county’s 2022 flood.
County leaders told the regional staff that repeated FEMA team turnovers, cumbersome documentation requirements, and Army Corps permitting standards designed for other geographies made it difficult to complete timely repairs after floods and fires. Officials cited the Grove Creek…
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