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Mark Begich: “The permitting system takes each one by itself but never looks at the thing as a whole”

On the recordAugust 18, 2010
The permitting system takes each one by itself but never looks at the thing as a whole
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Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska

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Critique of the permitting system's failure to consider cumulative impacts.

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