In the Senate, Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., have also opposed inserting the bill into a continuing resolution, while Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., has circulated a letter among his colleagues urging Schumer to hold separate votes. Yet while some Republicans have called for permitting changes, it remains unclear whether enough will support Manchin’s proposal.
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said he hadn’t looked at the legislation yet but would be surprised if it got to 60 votes, while Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said the proposed changes amounted to “window dressing.”
The draft text, released Wednesday, would set shorter time frames for environmental reviews conducted under the National Environmental Policy Act, create a statute of limitations for legal challenges, and require the president to create a list of 25 energy projects of strategic national importance that would receive expedited federal review.
Manchin has pointed to the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would carry natural gas more than 300 miles from northern West Virginia to southwestern Virginia, as emblematic of the types of projects that can be delayed due to permitting. The project has run behind schedule and over budget in part due to legal challenges and federal agency reconsideration of necessary permits.
Speaking on the Senate floor Thursday Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., expressed support for 23 of the 24 sections of the permitting proposal but opposed insulating the pipeline from further scrutiny by federal agencies and the courts. Kaine said the project should not be given special treatment, but that if they pass the other sections of the bill as written it would create “a much better permitting process that the Mountain Valley Pipeline and anyone else wanting to do a project can then go through.”
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