RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Complete tranche fill You are truly uninformed about EPA's role. They are not a policymaking organization. I say that as a former employee of EPA's Office of Policy Analysis. EPA is part of the executive branch, charged with implementing the laws passed by Congress. The key thing to remember is that virtually every EPA decision leads to a lawsuit, from one side of the issue, or more typically both. As a consequence, they can't "speed things up" for the convenience of investors. They have to make sure that every decision-making process is lawsuit-proof. That can be a slow process. Blame our litigeous modern society and environmental laws dating back more than a half-century. Those laws were created in response to a series of environmetal disasters (Santa Barbara oil spill, DDT, rivers catching fire, etc.). Prior to the National Environmental Policy Act, which went into effect January 1st, 1970, the public had virtually no say in projects that could directly effect their health and well being, or their property values. I can imagine that you might find useful, if someone decided to build a giant open pit mine next door to your house.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Environmental_Policy_Act