Obama Plan To Accelerate Infrastructure Permits Prompts Mixed Response

摘要

President Obama's plans to streamline environmental and other reviews for permitting transportation infrastructure projects are prompting a mixed response, with the road building sector and environmentalists praising the move, while House GOP lawmakers say it falls short of their push to end the lengthy permitting process. The plan, which the White House unveiled May 14, aims to implement a 2013 memo the president wrote seeking steps to accelerate project reviews without sacrificing important environmental safeguards, such as requirements to conduct National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews on projects' expected environmental impacts.