Sen. Lee floats sweeping NEPA overhaul bill

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is floating sweeping legislation intended to make it harder to bring lawsuits challenging environmental reviews and subsequent approvals of major federal actions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). His Oct. 21 bill , S. 4829, the “NEPA Legal Reform Act,” would raise the bar for plaintiffs to show they have standing to bring a legal challenge, requiring a plaintiff to demonstrate he or she has “personally suffered (or will likely personally suffer) a ‘direct, tangible...