CEQ sends final NEPA update for OMB review

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has sent its draft final rule to dramatically scale back how agencies implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) for review, showing the Trump administration is still on track to quickly finalize the controversial measure. OMB’s regulatory tracking website shows that it received the final rule that will update its NEPA implementation process for the first time since the late 1970s. The...