Demanding Responsibility: Titus Challenges Nevada Governor Regarding Withdrawn Penalties for The Boring Company

Congresswoman Dina Titus, representing Nevada’s First District as a Democrat, has called for greater openness from Governor Joe Lombardo after $425,595 in fines against Elon Musk’s Boring Company were revoked. In a letter reviewed by Fortune, Titus expressed concern over the state’s response to safety and environmental breaches linked to the Boring Company’s Vegas Loop initiative, referencing incidents such as firefighters sustaining chemical burns during training and accusations of wastewater being discharged into Las Vegas manholes

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The Boring Company, which started its tunneling operations in Southern Nevada in 2019, was issued three “willful” safety citations by Nevada OSHA in May 2025. Yet, these fines were dropped just a day after Steve Davis, the company’s president, reached out to someone in Lombardo’s office,

. State officials justified the reversal, claiming the citations were not legally sound and denying any political involvement. Nevertheless, internal records pointed to inconsistencies in how the fines were rescinded, , which has led to questions about oversight.

In her correspondence, Titus called for a public forum and requested the release of all records tied to the withdrawn fines, including any that were removed from official files. She also pressed for the names of those who first approved the citations and those who later overturned them. “All of this occurred outside the established process for contesting citations... a process designed to ensure openness and responsibility,” Titus stated,

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A Nevada OSHA statement titled “setting the record straight” reaffirmed that no political pressure was involved, but Titus argued the agency’s integrity was undermined after two employees on the case faced disciplinary action. “If they’re willing to pour wastewater into manholes, what other corners might they be cutting?” she questioned in an interview,

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Titus’s letter also pointed to larger issues in state oversight, noting that several bodies—including Clark County regulators, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, and the Governor’s Office—share regulatory duties. “There are too many cooks in the kitchen,” she remarked,

to strengthen accountability. The congresswoman is weighing a federal OSHA complaint and has called for lawmakers to review Nevada OSHA’s powers .

Governor Lombardo’s office has not issued a public response to requests for comment. An administration spokesperson previously told Fortune that no documents were changed at their direction and that any suggestion otherwise was “incorrect”

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