As NEPA Rule Clears OMB Review, Critics Fear Agencies' Curbed Roles

摘要

As the Trump administration prepares to propose a rule to streamline National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews, EPA and other critics are faulting its "one federal decision" policy that coordinates agencies' reviews, arguing it elevates views of agencies that support projects and diminishes EPA and others concerned about environmental harms. "That's a recipe for who is going to be doing the dominance. It will be the proponent agency, right?" said Oliver Houck, an environmental law professor at Tulane University, speaking during a Dec. 17 event on the future of NEPA hosted by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI).