Lawmakers are eyeing another stab at changes to the federal permitting system, hoping to return to issues left unresolved by the June debt ceiling law that included a requirement that a single federal agency lead environmental reviews and that deadlines be shortened.
Members of Congress left town last week for the August recess without delivering on pledges to make comprehensive changes. After enactment of both the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law (PL117-58) and the 2022 tax and climate reconciliation law, renewable energy groups said changes to permitting laws were needed to realize the potential emission-reduction benefits.
That put the renewable groups in agreement with Republicans, at least about a need for legislation on permitting.
