89 FR 48674
DOI proposed to revise seven categorical exclusions under NEPA in the Bureau of Reclamation’s NEPA implementing procedures.
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Building Food and Nutrition Security and Sovereignty
Development impacts many aspects of the food system, including where food is grown, how far food must travel, where distributors and retailers are placed, and who has access to fresh and nutritious food. By viewing development and its associated impacts through a sustainability and life-cycle lens, we can rethink the role of development and how communities can grow while fostering a strong, inclusive, affordable, accessible, and healthy food system. This Article focuses on the way local governments regulate development and how that impacts the food system.
Annual Review of Chinese Environmental Law Developments: 2023
In China, the year 2023 witnessed the further evolution of environmental protection and development of legislation and rulemaking. This mainly included adoption of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Ecological Protection Law, revision of the Marine Environmental Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China, and adoption of a series of judicial interpretations. This Comment summarizes some of the year’s major developments.
89 FR 38712
EPA updated the regulatory framework governing the management and protection of environmental, fish and wildlife, other surface resources, and special areas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
89 FR 35442
CEQ finalized its “Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule” to revise its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA.
89 FR 34074
DOE revised its NEPA implementing procedures to add a categorical exclusion for certain energy storage systems and modify categorical exclusions for upgrading and rebuilding powerlines and for solar photovoltaic systems, as well as to make conforming changes to related sections of the Department’s NEPA regulations.
89 FR 31796
The Federal Transit Administration announced the availability of a programmatic assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from transit projects.
89 FR 31772
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) adopted the Department of the Air Force's categorical exclusion for supersonic flying operations over land and above 30,000 feet mean sea level, or over water and above 10,000 feet mean sea level and more than 15 nautical miles from land under NEPA to use in NASA’s program and funding opportunities.
89 FR 30916
BLM revised its oil and gas leasing regulations by implementing provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act pertaining to royalty rates, rentals, and minimum bids; updating the bonding requirements for leasing, development, and production; and revising some operating requirements.
89 FR 29334
The General Services Administration (GSA) adopted DOE’s electric vehicle charging stations categorical exclusion under NEPA to use for proposed GSA actions.