John Barrasso actually said...
If you can't get to this place until April 1st to do your engineering study, and you have 6 weeks of review through any part of the environmental process, by the time you have gone to bid, awarded the bid and started construction, you could be at September 1st because you couldn't start the process.
Context
Barrasso discusses delays in construction due to environmental review processes.
03/26/2014