Republicans from states that produce and refine fossil fuels — Sens. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and John Barrasso of Wyoming and Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana — applauded Trump’s announcement.
Cramer said the law should not mean the delay of construction projects for years — a common criticism from Republicans and developers. “[NEPA] regulations are outdated, burdensome and unnecessarily complicated,” Cramer said. “It should not take longer to get the government’s approval for a project than it would take to build it.”
Industry response
The American Gas Association, the National Mining Association and the American Petroleum Institute, all industry trade groups, said they supported the new rule as a step to create jobs and speed the construction process of public works projects like roads, bridges and pipelines.
“A reformed permitting process will enable natural gas utilities to continue to deliver affordable and clean natural gas, which will be essential for our nation’s economic revival and achieving our shared environmental goals,” said Karen Harbert, AGA president and CEO.
In April 2019, a Montana court ruled against the Trump administration, finding that its action to lift a moratorium on coal leasing on federal lands violated NEPA. That fall, an Idaho court found the Bureau of Land Management had not followed NEPA in a plan for a prairie bird called the sage grouse.
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