Topic
Permitting
135 published works
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Drafting Real Estate Documents With Project Permitting in Mind
In the world of real estate development, parties creating and negotiating real property documents—leases, easements, or purchase agreements—must exercise a great deal of care to ensure that the documents perform…
Washington Energy Report
D.C. Circuit Upholds FERC Orders Granting Natural Gas Pipeline Companies’ Requests to Extend Project Deadlines
By Antonia Douglas, Russell Kooistra
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (“D.C. Circuit”) recently upheld two FERC orders granting natural gas pipeline developers’ requests to extend their construction deadlines. The…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
NTIA Launches Permitting and Environmental Information Mapping Tool
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration has created a new mapping tool that identifies the permit requirements and environmental impacts across the U.S. when connecting a particular…
Recreation Law
Defendant found criminal guilty for failing to have a federal permit to operate on a lake owned by United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
If you are on Federal land or Federal water making money you have to have a Federal Permit United States v. Warman, 23-MJ-02-EBA, Violation 1062808 (E.D. Ky. Mar 15, 2023)…
Law & The Environment
Department of Energy Releases Final Guidance on Designation of National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors
By Kevin Chen
On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released long-awaited final guidance on its process to designate National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (commonly referred to as “NIETCs,” pronounced NIT-sees). Once…
The Nickel Report
New Challenges to Permitting Under the Clean Air Act
Under the federal Clean Air Act, new major sources of air pollutants and major modifications to existing sources are required to obtain preconstruction permits, known as PSD permits, even when…
Washington Energy Report
Unlocking U.S. Transmission Upgrades – Are We on the Cusp of Real Progress?
By Chris Jones, William R. Derasmo, Adrienne Thompson, Fred Wilson
Bridging the Gap Between Planning and Permitting In recent decades, the U.S. has not been able to construct the volume of high-voltage backbone transmission facilities needed to support the country’s…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
Senators Introduce CLOSE THE GAP Act
By Gracie Kreth
Senators John Barrasso [R-NY] and Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ] have introduced the Closing Long Overdue Streamlining Encumbrances to Help Expeditiously Generate Approved Permits Act (S. 2855), dubbed the CLOSE THE GAP…
Government and Public Policy
California Infrastructure Plan Passes; Governor’s CEQA and Species Reforms are Narrowed, but Signed into Law
By Samuel D. Bacal-Graves, Amy R. Higuera, Laura Tepper
In June we reported that California Governor Gavin Newsom’s infrastructure permitting and CEQA reform legislation package was mostly dead, with the Legislature finding it too complex for last-minute consideration. But…
Inside Energy & Environment
Amendments to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Permitting Reform in Context
By Jayni Hein
The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, signed into law on June 3, raised the U.S. debt limit and ushered in the most significant revisions of the National Environmental Policy Act…