Post-Climate Bill Permit Plan Aims to Fix ‘Hindering’ Process

Senate Democrats are eyeing a fall stopgap funding measure to carry provisions addressing federal permits for energy development—changes that could require setting permitting project timetables as well as smoothing out right-of-way conflicts on federal land, a person involved in the negotiations told Bloomberg Law.

Alex Herrgott, who provided technical assistance during the White House and congressional negotiations, said Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have discussed a number of themes aimed at improving permitting. The senators’ agreement to seek to pass a provision to broaden the use of existing tools to sharpen the scope of ...