There are Nine Types of Permitting Reform

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Written By Brent Efron

Permitting processes are too often too slow, making it difficult (if not impossible) to build the infrastructure needed to connect communities, bring down costs, and restore the environment. After months of research, EPIC has come to identify 9 categories for sorting the various reforms we are seeing local, state, and federal policymakers pursue as they seek to make permitting better, faster, and fairer.

Across levels of government, political party, and project types (energy, housing, ecological restoration, etc), we believe any given reform can be sorted into one or more of the 9 categories.

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Brent Efron

Brent, based in Washington, D.C., is a project management and policy professional with nearly 8 years of experience across local, state, and federal government, political campaigns, and the private sector. Most recently at EPA, Brent served in the Office of the Administrator as a Special Advisor for Implementation, supporting the deployment of $100 Billion in IRA/BIL funding. In that capacity, Brent regularly coordinated with staff from over 30 climate and infrastructure financial assistance programs, managed numerous projects related to program implementation and grant compliance, and served as EPA staff lead on multiple White House interagency policy initiatives. Prior to EPA, Brent conducted policy research for the Massachusetts Climate Chief and contributed to drafting a whole-of-government strategy for increasing Massachusetts’ climate ambition. Brent holds an M.P.A. from Princeton University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.

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