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FAA Issues Licensing Guidance for Launch and Reentry of Space Nuclear Systems

The guidance will provide clarity and a compliance path to companies seeking permission to launch or reenter space-based nuclear technologies. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s newly released Advisory Circular AC...more

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Post-Pandemic Era: Understanding the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 and Its Impact on the Construction Industry

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The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges in technology, with the demand for equipment increasing dramatically as the world quickly transitioned into remote operations. During this time, the United States’...more

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Executive Order Amplifies Whole-of-Government Environmental Justice Agenda

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The Biden Administration’s Executive Order 14096, “Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All,” launched significant new policies to further integrate environmental justice throughout the federal...more

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National Environmental Policy Act: Council on Environmental Quality Issues "Phase 1" Rule

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) issued an April 19th final rule that amends certain provisions of its regulations for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). ...more

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National Environmental Policy Act: Council of Environmental Quality Proposal to Withdraw Trump Era Rules

The Council on Environmental Quality published in the October 7th Federal Register at Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPR”) to withdraw certain Trump Administration revisions to its National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”)...more

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Department of Transportation Proposes New NEPA Procedures

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The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed comprehensive changes to update its procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act in response to the Council on Environmental Quality’s July 16, 2020, overhaul of...more

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Wireless Facility/Tower: Federal Communications Commission and Georgia Licensee Enter into Order Addressing Alleged...

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) and Public Service Towers, Inc. (“PSTI”) entered into an August 14th Order addressing alleged violations of its Environmental Rules. See In the Matter of Public Service Towers,...more

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Trump Administration Finalizes Updates to NEPA Regulations

The final NEPA rule substantially revises environmental review procedures and incorporates most of the perceived controversial changes proposed last January, including elimination of cumulative impact analysis, and shortening...more

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Trump Administration Publishes Final Revisions to NEPA Regulations

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On July 16, 2020, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published its much anticipated final rule revising the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). Since taking office,...more

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D.C. District Court Judge Chastises the Department of the Interior, Ordering It to Deliver a Plan on a BLM Drilling Permit, After...

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On July 27, 2015, D.C. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon entered a strongly worded order in Solenex LLC v. Jewell, chastising the defendants, including the Department of the Interior and numerous other federal agencies,...more

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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Polar Bear Unlikely to Survive a Warming Climate

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On July 6, 2015, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Service) published a Draft Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Conservation Management Plan (Polar Bear Plan). The Polar Bear Plan identifies the continuing loss of sea-ice habitat...more

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Council On Environmental Quality Issues Two Handbooks To Help Agencies Expedite Federal Environmental Reviews

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On March 5, 2013, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released two handbooks that are intended to help agencies and practitioners coordinate environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) with...more

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