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Permitting Strategies for Large Controversial Projects CLE
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Feb. 8-9, 2017
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Permitting large infrastructure projects in Washington State has long been a complex process involving state, local and federal agencies
Permitting large infrastructure projects in Washington State has long been a complex process involving state, local and federal agencies with overlapping land use and environmental regulatory authority. The recent emergence of new major project proposals has been driven in large part by new/revised federal and state air and climate change policies and regulations, as well as by Washington’s proximity to Asian markets and inexpensive North American natural resources. While each of these drivers presents an opportunity to effect change, it has become more challenging to successfully navigate the permit process. Recent controversy surrounding coal, methanol, and other energy projects in the Pacific Northwest have made what has always been a difficult process, even more protracted, polarized and litigation-prone than ever before.
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