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Streamline and Simplify Energy Regulations, Permit Processes




WHEREAS, the Wyoming Republican Party supports reasonable and safe

development of all natural resources;


WHEREAS, the Wyoming Republican Party recognizes the cost, time and regulatory difficulty of obtaining permits for mineral extraction on federal, state or private lands; and


BE IT RESOLVED, the Wyoming Republican Party calls for the environmental impact study (EIS) including NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) processes to be dramatically streamlined to reduce said factors; and that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Wyoming Department of

Environmental Quality (DEQ) permitting process of leasing, drilling and producing minerals should be dramatically simplified as well; and


BE IT RESOLVED, that this process shall include a 6 month cap on the permitting

timeframe; and


BE IT RESOLVED, that Wyoming Republicans call for the reversal of EPA regulations known as the Clean Power Plan; and


BE IT RESOLVED, that the Wyoming Republican Party calls for domestic energy

exploration and production to proceed without Federal obstruction.


Passed:

Wyoming Republican Party, 22 May 7 State Convention

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