They have usurped that authority completely and said, I have groundwater concerns and therefore I am conditioning your permit or I am denying it without ever talking to the individual who under State law has exclusive authority to adjudicate those matters.
Criticizing federal officials for bypassing state authority in water management.
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Nobody on the committee should think that I am telling them what to do, and it has been a while, but it is a fascinating operation over there.
People are waiting a decade to get a conveyed title where it is like try to build a home, try to do anything where you don't really own it.
And obviously you can't pollute the water, and you can't pollute the air, you can't pollute the anything, but it feels like a long ways away.
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