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October 23, 2018

Trump wants to speed water projects by cutting red tape

By DAN ELLIOTT and JONATHAN J. COOPER
Associated Press

DENVER — 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.


 
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