The bill would also prevent all reviews when an agency uses “categorical exclusions” to skip the NEPA process. While categorical exclusions can be used properly for routine projects that do not harm ...

Numerous expedited NEPA procedures exist, and Congress has promulgated dozens of “categorical exclusions” that exempt some ...

The FCC is planning to review its categorical exclusion policies and expects to develop revisions to its current NEPA rules ...

FAA, the court ruled that the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) lacks authority to issue binding regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). While some ...

The court held that “The Forest Service asks us to adopt a view of categorical exclusions that will swallow the protections of NEPA. We decline to do such violence to NEPA’s procedural safeguards.” As ...