Daniel Palken on the Bipartisan Senate Bill to Reform Energy Permitting

The bipartisan permitting bill cuts lawsuit windows to 150 days and NEPA/Clean Water Act procedural hurdles, aiming to speed both fossil and clean energy buildout.

• 417-page bipartisan bill: Sponsored by leaders of Senate energy/environment committees, it overhauls NEPA, Clean Water Act Sec. 401, and judicial review timelines; Senate vote targeted for lame duck after November elections.
• NEPA review bloat: Environmental impact statements grew from ~20 pages at NEPA's origin to 10,000+ pages today, with one transmission line's record hitting 100,000 pages.

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