USDOT Unveils Sweeping NEPA Reforms to Accelerate Infrastructure Projects

Shortchanging the Environment While Making NEPA More Chaotic - Legal Planet

In one of Trump’s first executive orders, he eliminated a centralized system that Jimmy Carter initially set up to issue regulations governing environmental impact statements.  Instead, he called on each agency to issue its own regulations, which seems to have caused the predictable amount of confusion.  I’ve examined the new regulations from three agencies:  the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Energy (DOE) , and  the Department o…

USDOT Unveils Sweeping NEPA Reforms to Accelerate Infrastructure Projects

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced major revisions last week to its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures, marking the most significant overhaul in four decades. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy unveiled the reforms, which aim to cut regulatory delays, reduce costs, and speed up delivery of critical infrastructure projects nationwide. The changes consolidate six separate pr…