Trump wants to cut red tape, hasten water projects in West
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October 19, 2018
DENVER (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the government to speed up environmental reviews and streamline regulations that he says are hindering work on major water projects in California and other Western states.
Trump signed a memorandum aimed at helping the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project in California, the Klamath Irrigation Project in Oregon and California and the Columbia River Basin system in the Pacific Northwest.
"We will resolve the issues blocking the completion of the Central Valley project," Trump said in Arizona during a swing through We...
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