John Crowther
15:26 - 16:03
"The governor wants us to meet or beat the federal timelines. And for the first time in my life, federal timelines may be moving forward and actually be a little bit more predictable timeline."
“The governor wants us to meet or beat the federal timelines. And for the first time in my life, federal timelines may be moving forward and actually be a little bit more predictable timeline.”
- Speaker
- John Crowther
- Timestamp
- 15:26 – 16:03
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
From the transcript
But I, you know, I know two things that are a focus of the department kind of at every level is, you know, the governor wants us to meet or beat the federal timelines. And for the first time in my life, federal timelines may be moving forward and actually be a little bit more predictable timeline. And so, you know, that's I think that's going to be a focus for everything we do at DNR to make sure we have the resources we need to be really on staff. And then similarly, as alluded to, you know, the permitting reform, it's certainly a focus at every level of the department and we'll keep focus there. So I think looking forward to an interesting session.
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