Sentences with phrase «environmental licensing process»

The measure has alarmed scientists, environmentalists, and indigenous rights advocates, who fear it would gut the country's environmental licensing process.

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In fact, the license renewal process is limited, focusing on environmental effects, such as endangered species, the effects of cooling water systems on fish and ground water quality; and, physical plant safety, such as the long term maintenance of coolant system piping or steam generators, as well as motors, diesel generators, and batteries.

Issuance of this license concludes a six - year process that examined the technical, safety and environmental aspects of the potential unit, a 1,500 - MW GEH Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR).

While the licensing of suspicious pesticides is reviewed by The Environmental Protection Agency, the process of removing them from the market is slow at best.

This Wednesday, I had barely had breakfast when I was surprised by some absolutely amazing news: the Brazilian environmental agency — IBAMA — announced it would cancel the process for licensing the São Luiz do Tapajós (SLT) megadam in the heart of the Amazon.

Many proposed solar power plants are planned for federal land, and the need to undergo federal environmental review has complicated the licensing process as disputes have arisen over the industrial projects» impact on endangered wildlife like the desert tortoise and on scarce water supplies.