There was a public consultation.

This is an OFFSHORE wind farm. How was marine radar and safety not on the top of the list? In what universe would the Coast Guard and other affected parties not have given their professional opinion already?

Which means if your assertion is true then both the regulators and the interested parties have been completely incompetent during the last 8 years. In which case we'd need more than 60 days to get the job right because they'd all need to be replaced first, including whoever was in charge of the coast guard at the time.

Many people complain about how long civil authority decisions take. Now they have to sit on their hands for another 60 days because somebody couldn't be bothered to speak up before?

It sounds like all he is doing is asking for the opportunity to hear input from these stakeholders. Transparency, openness, and public discussion are good things and I wonder why a period of formal public notice and comment was't done by the Coast Guard commandant himself to begin with. It might be legally required and it's a good idea anyway.

I don't think it's fair to make defamatory suggestions, like that by Dennis, about Oberstar. He's probably just trying to do his job, and his liberal, pro-environment, and honest credentials can't really be questioned.