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On the recordJuly 10, 2013
I just want to say that I'm troubled that we're hearing, I think, from the Majority that imposing artificial timelines on the Department to approve these applications and eviscerating the NEPA process, as they've tried to do with the oil, gas, and mining industries, will continue.
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

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Lowenthal expresses concern over proposed timelines affecting environmental review processes.

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