Ricketts Emphasizes Cost of Overly Lengthy Permitting Process, Highlights Nebraska Solutions
April 27, 2023
April 27, 2023
WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023:
U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) today emphasized the cost of overly lengthy federal permitting processes. He cited the example of Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska and how a delay in the federal permitting process cost taxpayers in the wake of the 2019 flood.
"The Army Corps of Engineers took about six years to get a permit for the Papio-Missouri . . .
U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) today emphasized the cost of overly lengthy federal permitting processes. He cited the example of Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska and how a delay in the federal permitting process cost taxpayers in the wake of the 2019 flood.
"The Army Corps of Engineers took about six years to get a permit for the Papio-Missouri . . .