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Alan Lowenthal: “Has there ever been another example of a state government having primary permitting authority over decisions on Federal…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
Has there ever been another example of a state government having primary permitting authority over decisions on Federal lands like the PLI has proposed?
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

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Lowenthal questions the precedent of state control over federal land decisions.

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