On the recordSeptember 25, 2015
This amendment makes numerous technical and other minor wording changes to the bill. Together, these revisions clarify that the bill does not authorize duplicative agency review proceedings, does not require duplicative project notification and initiation of agency review procedures, and does not allow permitting decisions to be challenged in court by parties who did not first present their arguments in the administrative proceedings that produced the challenged permit. The amendment constitutes an agreement reached between the Judiciary Committee and the other committee of jurisdiction, the Natural Resources Committee. Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support the amendment. I reserve the balance of my time.
