Posted on 03/03/2011 7:13:18 PM PST by Rabin
As Congress considers the Interior Department's funding levels, Salazar also said his department needs a larger budget to pick up the permitting pace. Without more funding, "we may never return to the pre-Macondo rate of permitting," Salazar said, referring to the spill at BP's Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico last year...
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Exactly. Why to they need more money for the permits? Has the price of ink and paper gone up that high?
Ain’t that hard. You have every single Interior Department working 16 - 20 hour days until the permits are issued. These high paid pseudo experts are all salaried and can work up 24 hours a day.
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