Posted on 05/02/2006 6:28:00 PM PDT by FairOpinion
The Bush and Schwarzenegger administrations have reached agreement on accelerating environmental reviews that state officials say will allow critical levee repairs to start in July and end by November first.
On April 21st, President Bush directed several federal agencies to speed up their reviews under the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Protection Act and other federal laws.
It sets out what is called a "critical path timeline" meant to "ensure completion of all regulatory processes" by June 21st.
State officials said today that without the agreement, it could have taken a year, or up to four years, to secure the permits necessary to begin the work.
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And just an aside, that's one major reason that we are so dependent on foreign oil.
yea it seems when the powerfull want something they just take it!
but if I want to build a barn on my property I have to get all kinds of permits and the permissions and setbacks from the wonderful lawgivers of the state of oregon and comply with all the fairy shrimp laws to do it.
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