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Significant Changes to the National Environmental Policy Act - 2024 Land Use, Environmental & Natural Resources Update

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As part of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (also known as the debt ceiling bill) in June 2023, Congress made the most significant revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) since the statute was enacted in 1970....more

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Ozark-St. Francis National Forest/Prescribed Burn/Logging/National Environmental Policy Act: Buffalo River Watershed Alliance...

The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance (“BRWA”) filed a February 21st Complaint for Vacatur of Illegal Agency Decision, Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against the United States Forest Service (“Forest Service”)...more

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What’s the Big Deal With NEPA?

Congress passed, and President Richard Nixon signed, the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) in 1970. The legislation is deceptively simple, taking up less than six pages upon enactment. It requires a federal agency...more

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Oil and Gas Pipeline Construction: Environmental Organizations File Judicial Challenge to U.S. Corps of Engineers Nationwide...

The Sierra Club and other environmental organizations filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Montana against the United States Army Corps...more

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NEPA Rules Rewrite: What's Next?

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This is the final in our 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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NEPA Rules Rewrite: Revised NEPA Regulations Designed to Influence Litigation

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This is the sixth 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). The CEQ’s...more

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White House Proposes Significant Rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act

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The Trump administration proposed rules intended to speed up approval of major projects subject to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), such as pipelines, power facilities, mines, highways, and other public...more

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Eliminating a Moratorium Affecting 1.86 Billion Tons of Coal Is Final Agency Action

In 2016, DOI Secretarial Order 3338 imposed a moratorium on new coal leases on federal land until BLM prepared a programmatic environmental impact statement intended to address, among other issues, the impact of coal leasing...more

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Confined Animal Feeding Operations: Arkansas Environmental Organization Joins Challenge to USDA Rule Changes for Loans to...

The White River Waterkeeper, of Arkansas, recently joined other environmental and animal rights advocacy organizations to file a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) 2016...more

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