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As I said further up, they filled in the wrong form.

They have a permit that is more restrictive than the permit they need.

Industrial waste water permits are not less restrictive than domestic waste water. They could not have "filled in the wrong form" because they need a domestic waste water permit as well.

A permit for an average daily flow of 200,000 gallons.

Okay, right then, let’s cancel humanity’s ascendancy to the stars.

Someone filled out the wrong form.

Stop the whole thing. Abandon the cosmos. Just stay here.

Some bureaucrats weren’t satisfied.

Or Musk could have just applied for the permit last year like every other launch facility seemingly does without any problem.

They need to apply for a new permit any time there are changes to the craft. So every launch.

Also, these permits can't be applied for ahead of time for new technology that is still being developed.

I regularly face this issue in IT circles, where I'm supposed to have a time machine to compensate for the multi-month forewarning everyone else needs.

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