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An ELI Members Webinar
As the renewable energy industry grows, there is an increasing focus on the possibility of environmental permitting reform to streamline the permitting process and speed up the development and construction of sustainable infrastructure. There have been several recent attempts to pass federal permitting reform through legislation. Most recently, the Energy Permitting Reform Act (S. 4753) passed over the summer in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee; if it becomes law, it could impact many different aspects of environmental permitting, including judicial review timelines, LNG export applications, and various types of energy projects, along with lease sales, renewable energy siting, and mining on federal land.
Join the Environmental Law Institute and expert panelists for a discussion about the potential for upcoming changes to federal environmental permitting regulation. What are the major proposals in the Energy Permitting Reform Act, and what impacts could they have on the energy transition if the Act passes? How is the Biden-Harris Administration addressing challenges with federal permitting? How could reform simplify the permitting process, and what consequences might result from reform efforts? We will discuss these questions and so much more.
Panelists:
Kelsey Brugger, Reporter, E&E News
David Adelman, Harry M. Reasoner Regents Chair in Law Professor, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Joseph Brazauskas, Senior Counsel, Bracewell
Brett Hartl, Government Affairs Director, Center for Biological Diversity
John Larsen, Partner, Rhodium Group
Materials:
Materials will be posted as they are received.
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