The House Natural Resources Committee plans to move more than a dozen bills via unanimous consent this week, including proposals to support geothermal energy and to change how sequoia groves are managed.
The committee will meet Thursday to mark up 16 proposals. Only two measures are to include amendment discussion, according to the committee’s majority staff.
They are Idaho Republican Rep. Russ Fulcher’s H.R. 5576, the “Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act,” and California Republican Rep. Young Kim’s H.R. 5587, the “Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources (HEATS) Act.”
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Fulcher’s proposal would create a National Environmental Policy Act carve-out for certain geothermal exploration wells to ease the permitting process.
