Trump Administration, Regulatory Oversight, CEQ

Everything (Including Inconsistent Things) All at Once: The Trump Administration’s Initial Steps Toward Permitting Reform

Carlton Fields on 5/22/2025

President Trump came into office pledging to speed up federal environmental permitting, and he has issued a series of executive orders that touch on some aspect of expediting environmental reviews....more

Proposed NEPA Regulation Overhaul: Next Steps and What Matters for Public Agencies

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 1/31/2020

Public Comments Due March 10 - The White House Council on Environmental Quality issued a proposal to significantly overhaul, for the first time in 40 years, the regulations for implementing the National Environmental...more

Proposed Reforms to NEPA & Their Impact on New Nuclear

Hogan Lovells on 1/17/2020

The Council on Environmental Quality is proposing major changes to its regulations concerning the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), that if implemented could have impacts on advanced reactor licensing. ...more

Administration Announces Major Overhaul of NEPA Regulations

Perkins Coie on 1/15/2020

On January 10, the White House Council on Environmental Quality published significant revisions to regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, the first such overhaul since adoption of the regulations in...more

CEQ's NEPA regulatory overhaul: highlights and predictions

Hogan Lovells on 1/15/2020

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a cornerstone of environmental law that Congress enacted in 1970. NEPA celebrated its 50th anniversary earlier this month. NEPA has been the focus of extensive litigation and...more

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

Nossaman LLP on 1/14/2020

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