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Memorandum of Understanding National Environmental Policy Act

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National Environmental Policy Act/Sovereign Immunity: Federal Court Addresses Action Challenging Federal Highway Administration...

Co-Author Tye Boudra-Bland The United States District Court, D. Utah, Central Division (“Court”) addressed in a May 14th Opinion on an issue regarding the doctrine of sovereign immunity in three consolidated cases involving...more

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Biden Administration Takes Steps To Accelerate Transmission Permitting

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The Biden administration (the Administration) has set ambitious goals to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030 and to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. To achieve these ends, the...more

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Government Moves to Dismiss Case Challenging New York Bight Wind Energy Area Designations

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New York Bight Lease Sale Under Attack - A New Jersey-based nonprofit organization, Save Long Beach Island, and its president sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in January 2022. They are asserting...more

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Recent Developments in EJ Enforcement and Permitting

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The Biden Administration’s “whole of government” approach to advancing environmental justice (EJ) continues apace, with agencies and courts pursuing focused enforcement and environmental review strategies that could affect...more

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Emerging Trends in US Offshore Wind Energy Development

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Interest in US offshore wind development is at an all-time high, as the Biden Administration and lawmakers continue to create renewable energy project incentives and opportunities, shareholders demand action from companies to...more

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Welcome Reforms in Federal Coal Leasing, Permitting and NEPA Streamlining

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The Utah coal industry has benefited from recent reforms in federal coal leasing, permitting and streamlining of environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). During the previous administration,...more

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Expedited Infrastructure Takes Another Step Forward

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On April 9, 2018, the heads of numerous federal agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding Implementing One Federal Decision Under Executive Order 13807 (“MOU”) aimed at expediting and coordinating environmental review of...more

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Federal Agencies Sign MOU to Require “One Federal Decision” on Major Infrastructure Projects

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On April 9, 2018, the heads of a dozen federal agencies executed a memorandum of understanding on implementation of Executive Order 13807, which directed federal agencies to expedite environmental review and permitting for...more

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Federal Agencies Agree to Streamline Environmental Review and Approval of Infrastructure Projects

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Two years is the goal for completion of NEPA review - On April 9, 2018, the White House released a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between twelve federal agencies that is intended to increase the speed and reliability...more

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Infrastructure Series: Agencies Establish One Federal Decision Framework for Project Reviews

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This is the seventh issue of WilmerHale's 10-in-10 Infrastructure Series. In this series, our attorneys share insights on current and emerging issues affecting infrastructure project developers in the United States....more

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New White House Guidance and Multi-Agency MOU Continue Push to Expedite Environmental Reviews and Permitting for Major...

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The Office of Management and Budget and Council on Environmental Quality, on March 20, 2018, issued a Memorandum instructing federal agencies how to implement the “One Federal Decision” policy established in Executive Order...more

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Federal Efficiency/Streamlining: CEQ Issues New NEPA Guidance Documents

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The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released two handbooks under the federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on March 5, 2013, that provide regulatory guidance to "encourage more efficient environmental...more

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