Domenech: Arizona critical minerals plant took 14 years to receive permits
Emily Domenech · Political Climate: Is the IRA under political threat? · Apr 26, 2024 · at 14:12
Emily Domenech cites a 14-year permitting timeline for an Arizona critical minerals processing plant to illustrate federal permitting bottlenecks.
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“I was talking to a company that does critical minerals processing the other day, and then he was talking about how their last project that they built in Arizona They started trying to get permits in 2010, and they got permits to operate that facility this year.”
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