No, it's bureaucracy under the guise of environmental protection. It's not environmental assessment; it's simply jurisdictional fiefdom building and uncertain law.
What we want is a situation in which a truly vigorous environmental assessment is done once and with certainty, so that after the green light goes on, we do not get the amber light or red light stopping a project, delaying a project, or causing that project to go away. It's the certainty of the process. When we talk about green tape, we're talking not about environmental protection but about the unfortunate bureaucracy that arises. It has nothing whatsoever to do with environmental assessment.