Administrative reviews should be subject to time limits. Federal review agencies should be required to act on permit applications within a mandated time or the application is deemed to be approved.
For example, currently working on a USACE permit for two years now on a simple permit matter. USACE has not responded for over 10 months now despite repeated phone calls, emails, and letters. No response and not even the courtesy of acknowledging our communications.
Two year delay as of now that has added $1m in project cost without any corresponding benefit.