Environmental Law and Policy/Governance
H.R. 1655
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1655
Committee Name
Committees on Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Bentz
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Or.
Issue
4
Volume
55
Update Issue
7
Update Volume
55
Congress Number
119
Congressional Record Number
171 Cong. Rec. H912

would provide that construction, rebuilding, or hardening of communications facilities following a major disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews.

H.R. 1541
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1541
Committee Name
Committees on Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Rulli
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Ohio
Issue
4
Volume
55
Update Issue
7
Update Volume
55
Congress Number
119
Congressional Record Number
171 Cong. Rec. H768

would provide that a project for the collocation of a personal wireless service facility is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews.

S. 902
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/902
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Sheehy
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Mont.
Issue
5
Volume
55
Update Issue
7
Update Volume
55
Congress Number
119
Congressional Record Number
171 Cong. Rec. S1604

would require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a standard for the response time to wildfire incidents.

S. 897
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/897
Committee Name
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Sponsor Name
Van Hollen
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Md.
Issue
5
Volume
55
Update Issue
7
Update Volume
55
Congress Number
119
Congressional Record Number
171 Cong. Rec. S1604

would prohibit the sale and distribution of expanded polystyrene food service ware, expanded polystyrene loose fill, and expanded polystyrene coolers.

Feed It to the Ocean: The Federal Approach to Decommissioning in Alaska Native Climate Adaptation Projects
Author
Sophia Tidler
Author Bios (long)

Sophia Tidler is an Alaska-licensed Professional Engineer and a 2025 J.D. candidate at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law.

Date
March 2025
Volume
55
Issue
2
Page
10201
Type
Articles
Summary

This Article calls on the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to issue guidance clarifying that concurrent decommissioning is a “connected action” under the National Environmental Policy Act for relocation, managed retreat, and protect-in-place projects aimed at replacing infrastructure in environmentally threatened Alaska Native communities. In 2018, the Denali Commission completed the final environmental impact statement for Alaska’s first community-driven village relocation of the millennium, facilitating construction of essential infrastructure at Mertarvik, Newtok’s relocation site. The Commission chose to exclude a full-scale decommissioning plan for Newtok’s existing infrastructure. Over 73 Alaska Native villages face unprecedented severe threats from flooding, erosion, permafrost degradation, and the combined effects of each. The Commission’s segmented approach to decommissioning exposed critical gaps in interagency cooperation, tribal consultation, and funding priorities, setting a dangerous precedent for similar at-risk communities facing toxic pollution of their water and subsistence resources. As tribal organizations and partner agencies work to protect these communities from environmental threats and historic inequities, CEQ guidance on decommissioning is more pressing now than ever.

H.R. 1415
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1415
Committee Name
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Grothman
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Wis.
Issue
4
Volume
55
Update Issue
6
Update Volume
55
Congress Number
119
Congressional Record Number
171 Cong. Rec. H721

would prohibit EPA from using assessments generated by the Integrated Risk Information System for rulemakings and other regulatory actions.

H.R. 1356
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1356
Committee Name
Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Torres
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Cal.
Issue
4
Volume
55
Update Issue
6
Update Volume
55
Congress Number
119
Congressional Record Number
171 Cong. Rec. H709

would direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Administrator of FEMA, to establish a pilot grant program to address damage from mudslides that occur after a wildland fire.

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