Even though the rules are drawn broadly to anticipate all potential harms, inevitably they will contain ambiguities that lead to drawn-out administrative and judicial litigation.

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The projects are still "subject to litigation, tons of administrative appeals, delays, " says Kennedy.

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Each of these properties is nuanced either by future litigation expenses, the cost of under-earning assets and future savings on headcount and other administrative excesses.

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