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DOT issues updates to NEPA implementing procedures

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The Department of Transportation (DOT) and several DOT agencies have announced a series of updates to requirements for the agency's implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including updates to the...more

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A More Modest Procedure? — The Supreme Court Considers Limiting the Scope of ‎‎“Reasonably Foreseeable” Impacts in NEPA Analysis

Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. v. Eagle County, Colorado et al. ‎ On Tuesday, December 10, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could redefine what constitutes a “reasonably foreseeable”...more

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Department of Transportation Proposes New NEPA Procedures

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The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed comprehensive changes to update its procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act in response to the Council on Environmental Quality’s July 16, 2020, overhaul of...more

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NEPA Rules Rewrite: Categorical Exclusions and Environmental Assessments

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This is the third in a series of eAlerts on revisions to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2020 by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) (“Final Rule”)....more

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9th Circ. Simplifies Enviro Process For Transit Projects

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In a decision of national importance for transit and highway projects, on Feb. 18, 2014, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected environmental challenges to the 20-mile Honolulu Rail Transit Project. On the same day, the...more

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