Jimmy Patronis urges Congress to act after Judge quashes environmental permitting law
Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis wants Congress to reverse a federal court decision eliminating a rule allowing Florida to take over part of the federal government’s environmental permitting processes.
Patronis wrote to Florida’s Congressional delegation asking them to support legislation from the state’s U.S. Senators, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, to essentially reverse that decision.
“Since its enactment over three years ago, the state 404 permitting program has allowed Florida to build enough roads, housing, and businesses to keep up with the influx of new Floridians,” Patronis wrote.
“Now, construction projects across the state have come to a grinding halt and placed many of our bus...
