Hi all,

Please consider signing on to this letter opposing S. 1976, the “Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act.” This bill would permanently authorize and expand the toxic provisions found in FAST-41 (passed in 2015, but due to sunset in 2022), permanently limiting public input, environmental review, and judicial review major infrastructure projects over $200M dollars. The scope of projects that could qualify for expedited environmental review in this bill is alarming – oil and gas pipelines, mining, highways, Corps of Engineer projects, and anything else the permitting council believes would benefit from the abbreviated review procedures.

LINK: http://bit.ly/2Gku857

Attached is factsheet briefly outlining our major concerns with S.1976 – please let me know if you have any questions. The deadline for sign-on is Tuesday, 12pm EST.

-Justin

Justin McCarthy

Communications Director, NEPA Campaign

The Partnership Project
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