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Cynthia Lummis: “I have always thought when it came to NEPA and FLIPMA that local governments were supposed to receive the opportunity to…”

On the recordJune 2, 2009
I have always thought when it came to NEPA and FLIPMA that local governments were supposed to receive the opportunity to cooperate with the Federal Government with regard to land planning.
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

Editor's note · Context

Lummis highlights a misunderstanding about the role of local governments in federal land planning.

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