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The White House’s Council on Environmental Quality on Friday proposed measures that could speed up permitting for clean energy and other projects on federal land.
Besides setting deadlines for project reviews, the proposed National Environmental Policy Act rule encourages “programmatic” environmental reviews that cover multiple projects or categories of projects, which can speed up development of clean energy, transmission and other infrastructure, CEQ said.
“These reforms to federal environmental reviews will deliver better decisions, faster permitting, and more community input and local buy-in,” Brenda Mallory, CEQ chair, said.
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