The last permit for construction of what became a fully operational nuclear plant was issued in 1978.
Records show that a Cowboys Stadium official did not seek a permit for construction of temporary Super Bowl seating until the game was less than a month away.
The Army this week said it will grant a permit for construction of the disputed section beneath Lake Oahe near the Standing Rock reservation, abandoning an environmental study.
Any changes could be critical, affecting a variety of permits needed for construction of a large commercial development.
In May of last year, permits issued for construction of new single family homes in Maricopa and Pinal counties increased 85percentt from one year before, the highest seen since June 2008.
On Friday night, the Army Corps of Engineers, whose approval is needed for projects in wetlands, issued the final permit required for construction of the plant, a $500 million, 1,080-megawatt power station in Athens, near the Hudson River.
Plans filed for the permit call for construction of a carport to satisfy a requirement that homes have covered parking.
And just recently, his Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) denied a water quality permit necessary for construction of a natural gas pipeline whose 124-mile route would cross 250 streams and sensitive ecological areas around them.
In 2012 The New York Times reported that Walmart had been made aware eight years earlier that executives of Walmart México, its subsidiary in that country, had paid millions of dollars in bribes to local officials to expedite permits for construction and operation of its many stores in that country.
He said that the American public and politicians had recoiled after Three Mile Island, rejecting permits for the construction of dozens of nuclear plants on the "not in my backyard" impulse.
