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ARTICLE · 27 JANUARY 2020

Trump Administration Proposes Sweeping Changes To National Environmental Policy Act Regulations

At a White House event on January 9, President Trump, flanked by the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality ("CEQ"), the Interior Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection

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Introduction

At a White House event on January 9, President Trump, flanked by the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”), the Interior Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and representatives of industry and labor, unveiled a proposed rule that would make significant changes to current National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. The proposed rule appeared the next day in the Federal Register, 85 Fed. Reg. 1685.

Signed into law in 1970 by President Nixon, NEPA requires that the federal government consider the environmental impacts associated with major federal actions. Trump, Republicans and a variety of industry stakeholders have argued that NEPA imposes unnecessary delays and costs on major infrastructure projects, including energy projects. Democrats and environmental organizations, on the other hand, have largely defended NEPA, arguing that it ensures public participation and consideration

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