Sec. Perdue: Trump looks to coordinate permitting process, co-locate agencies

According to Agri-Pulse, The Trump administration is considering co-locating some local offices of agencies in the Agriculture Department, Interior Department and Army Corps of Engineers with an eye toward streamlining permitting processes, says Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. The discussions are still in the early stages, but Perdue said in a speech to the 2017 Iowa Ag Summit that the idea was to reduce conflicting decisions, so “you don’t get one answer from agency and another agency says no … and you’re caught in the middle. In agriculture we’ve gotten some of those mixed signals before, and they’re very frustrating.” He said conflicting decisions and delays hindered infrastructure projects. Read more…