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

At issue in the case is the lawfulness of the approach taken by FAA and NPS to complying with NEPA. The agencies decided to rely on a categorical exclusion to comply with NEPA rather than prepare ...

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 ...

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 FCC is planning to review its categorical exclusion policies and expects to develop revisions to its current NEPA rules with the Council on Environmental Quality, which governs these policies ...