Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced final National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations that will modernize the permitting review process for the department. Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response:

“Today’s NEPA announcement returns common sense to the Federal permitting process and will help America build again. By clarifying the scope of review under NEPA and requiring time and page limits for reviews, the Trump administration is taking yet another step towards unleashing our natural resource wealth and building much-needed infrastructure.

“Similar provisions were included in my legislation, H.R. 4776, the SPEED Act. Now the Senate must act to pass these important NEPA reforms and send them to President Trump’s desk so they can be enacted into law.”