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DC Circuit Rejects CEQ’s Rulemaking Authority

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A split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit landed an unexpected blow on the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) on November 12, ruling that CEQ lacked authority to promulgate its umbrella...more

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New NEPA Rule Eases Permitting Process while Advancing Environmental Justice

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On the final day of April 2024, a week and a half after Earth Day, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) finalized a rule intended to simplify and modernize the...more

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Congress Advances Federal Environmental Permitting Reform in Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

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The reform mainly focuses on streamlining and narrowing the scope of environmental review at the federal level. On June 3, 2023, President Biden signed legislation implementing the bipartisan debt ceiling and budget...more

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White House Publishes Guide to Weighing Climate Consequences to Permitting Actions

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On Friday, January 6, the White House issued its long awaited guidance telling federal agencies how to consider climate impacts on permitting decisions. The guidance details the need to make sure the depth of analysis...more

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White House CEQ to undo Trump Permitting Changes

On June 28, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced an interim final rule that would give agencies until September 14, 2023, to propose revisions to their National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)...more

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National Environmental Policy Act: Council on Environmental Quality Issues Final Revisions

The Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) on July 15th promulgated for the first time in 40 years revisions to the regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). CEQ was established in 1970...more

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Administration's Infrastructure Plan Supports Reuse of Brownfields and Superfund Sites

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• The Trump Administration released an ambitious $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan on Feb. 12, 2018 – a plan that includes many provisions focused upon encouraging the reuse of contaminated brownfields and Superfund sites. ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Time Will Tell If Trump Infrastructure Executive Order Shortens Federal Reviews

On August 15, 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) (not yet numbered) that seeks to streamline federal environmental review and approvals of major infrastructure projects by imposing new timelines and...more

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