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Federal Agencies Issue New NEPA Procedures in Response to Executive Order 14154 and the Supreme Court’s Seven County Decision

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The past month brought a flurry of updates from federal agencies publishing new procedures to implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), following President Trump’s Executive Order 14154 (EO 14154) in January...more

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Trump Proposes Rules to Expedite Infrastructure Projects

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On January 9, 2020, in one of the more significant environmental proposals of the current administration, President Trump’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed updates to its regulations for implementing the...more

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Will Long-Awaited Changes to NEPA Materially Alter Federal Environmental Reviews?

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On January 10, 2020, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed amendments to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations.  The Proposed Rule would represent the first significant overhaul of...more

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Briefing Article on Deputy Secretary of the Interior's August 6, 2018, Instructional Memorandum for Implementing Secretary's Order...

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On August 15, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order entitled “Establishing Discipline and Accountability in the Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure." Since its creation, two supplemental...more

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Permit streamlining, NEPA compliance, and an expanded role for CEQ

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In one of his earliest Executive Orders 13766, January 24, 2017, President Trump laid the groundwork for subsequent actions to help “Expedit[e] Environmental Reviews and Approvals for High Priority Infrastructure Projects.”...more

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Trump Signs Executive Order to Streamline Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure

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On August 15, President Donald J. Trump signed a second executive order "streamlining" the federal environmental permitting process with a goal of making construction of transportation, water, and other infrastructure...more

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Executive Order Aims to Streamline Environmental Permitting of Infrastructure Projects

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In furtherance of the administration’s broad infrastructure initiative, President Trump on August 15 signed an executive order (EO) entitled “Establishing Discipline and Accountability in the Environmental Review and...more

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