Rep. Eli Crane wrote to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to encourage the feds to cut red tape holding up the tribe's mines.
Garret Silversmith, executive director of the Navajo Nation Division of Transportation, was busy responding to the flooding Tuesday, but said the Navajo Nation wants to speed up the gravel pit permitting with federal agencies so that roads can be repaired quickly.
“We respect the system that is in place as far as proper approvals and clearance. But they need to continue to work with us and greatly reduce the system,” Silversmith said.Crane wrote to Haaland April 3, asking for more information about the permitting, which goes through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which falls under the Department of Interior.
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