Environmental Quality
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Biden Administration Seeks Public Comment on Expanding Environmental Justice Initiatives to Ocean-Related Activities
On June 8, 2023, the Council on Environmental Quality, on behalf of the Ocean Policy Committee (OPC), published a Federal Register request for information seeking public input on the development of a new “Ocean Justice Strategy.” The OPC is a Congressionally mandated interagency body tasked with coordinating ocean science, technology and management policy across Federal… Continue reading
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Avoiding Default and Streamlining NEPA—Can the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 Accomplish Both Objectives?
Hiding in plain sight in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA)–which is intended to extend the nation’s debt limit into 2025 in order to avoid a federal default–are provisions that seek to amend the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the first time in over 40 years. Although the FRA’s provisions greenlighting the federal… Continue reading