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Jared Huffman: To suggest... that it is somehow typical for the NEPA cost to exceed the project cost, we are now drifting into the…

On the recordNovember 28, 2017
To suggest... that it is somehow typical for the NEPA cost to exceed the project cost, we are now drifting into the realm of hyperbole, scapegoating, and factual distortion.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Huffman criticizes claims that NEPA costs often exceed project costs.

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