Republicans to Fight Infrastructure Permitting Changes

Senate Republicans are seeking to undo President Biden’s restrengthening of environmental permitting regulations for major infrastructure projects.

The effort, spearheaded by Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska, appears unlikely to pass the Democratically-controlled House and Senate or to withstand a veto, according to a report by Route Fifty. But it highlights fears among business and labor groups that reversing the Trump administration’s easing of National Environmental Policy Act rules could slow down projects funded under the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The plan also offers a preview of the types of priorities that GOP lawmakers could take up if the party retakes one or both chambers of Congress in this November’s elections.

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At this time, the proposal seems headed for a dead end on Capitol Hill. A Senate Environment and Public Works Committee aide for Democratic chairman Tom Carper, of Delaware, told Route Fifty that Carper would oppose Sullivan’s plan.

Source: Route Fifty