{"id":2010534,"date":"2023-08-24T08:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T12:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reformers-say-make-state-permits-more-like-pizzas\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T08:43:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T12:43:06","slug":"reformers-say-make-state-permits-more-like-pizzas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reformers-say-make-state-permits-more-like-pizzas\/","title":{"rendered":"Reformers propose pizza-style state permits."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freformers-say-make-state-permits-more-like-pizzas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010534&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Reforming\u2064 Pennsylvania&#8217;s Permitting Process: Following Domino&#8217;s Lead<\/h2>\n<p>When it comes to Pennsylvania&#8217;s notoriously sluggish permitting process, reformers believe that the state should take a page out\u200d of Domino&#8217;s book. Just as customers can track the progress of their pizza order\u2062 online, developers should be able to\u2063 do the same with \u200ctheir\u2063 applications, according to \u2063Luke Bernstein, president of the Pennsylvania Chamber \u2063of Business and Industry.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s easier\u2062 to get a\u2063 permit to go to the \u200dmoon than it is to build a project in Moon Township PA,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We can streamline the process and be more transparent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bernstein highlighted the case of U.S. Steel, which\u2064 chose Arkansas over\u200c Pennsylvania for a $3 billion facility that would have \u200cprovided 900 jobs with six-figure salaries. The\u2064 company cited the lengthy permitting process \u200cas a reason for\u2062 their decision, stating that the project would be\u200d completed long before the necessary permits were issued.<\/p>\n<p>Regulatory\u2062 hurdles also plague \u200bongoing projects, such as\u200c the hydro-electric\u200c plant in Braddock, which has \u200dbeen in the works for nearly\u200c a decade. These hurdles \u200cdrive up costs by millions. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reformers-say-make-state-permits-more-like-pizzas\/\" title=\"Reformers propose pizza-style state permits.\">natural gas industry faces similar\u2063 challenges<\/a>, with\u2063 cumbersome rules preventing\u200c capacity expansion and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-scalise-looks-to-rally-support-behind-sweeping-energy-cost-reduction-bill\/\" title=\"Steve Scalise looks to rally support behind sweeping energy cost reduction bill\">energy cost reduction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Policymakers are concerned about the delays and setbacks\u200c that may \u200barise during the national efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congresswoman-elect-appeals-to-husbands-death-to-encourage-americans-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-look-at-my-family-use-my-story\/\" title=\"Congresswoman-Elect Appeals To Husband\u2019s Death To Encourage Americans To Get COVID-19 Vaccine: \u2018Look At My Family, Use My Story\u2019\">expand broadband access<\/a>. Pennsylvania is set to receive $1.16 billion from the federal infrastructure package to build its network, but the permitting \u2062process and construction\u2062 may pose obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>The state has taken some steps to address the issue. In\u200d January, Governor\u2064 Josh Shapiro signed \u200can\u200d executive order that\u200d provides \u2064refunds to\u2064 applicants\u200c when the\u2062 government misses its\u200c deadlines.<\/p>\n<h3>Online Tracking for \u200bTransparency and Reassurance<\/h3>\n<p>Senate\u200c Bill 350, introduced in May, aims \u2063to improve transparency and reassure developers that their\u200c projects have \u2064not been forgotten. The \u2063bill creates an online tracking process for applicants, allowing them to monitor \u2063the progress of their applications. Senator \u200cKristin Phillips Hill, the prime sponsor \u2062of the bill, believes that this measure will\u200c address the concerns surrounding the permitting process. \u200dA similar \u200dbill passed the Senate in May 2021 but did not advance in the\u200c House.<\/p>\n<p>With these efforts, \u2063Pennsylvania is striving\u200d to streamline its permitting \u200cprocess, boost\u2062 transparency, and provide developers with the reassurance they need\u2062 to move forward with their projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania&#8217;s slow permitting process needs reform. Developers should be able to track their application progress online, like tracking a pizza order, according to Luke Bernstein, president of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. BACK TO SCHOOL. 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