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Biden Administration to Review Species Rules and Related Frameworks
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Posted in Conservation, Critical Habitat, Delisting, Fish & Wildlife Service, Listing, Migratory Bird, National Marine Fisheries Service, NEPA, Regulatory Reform, Water Issues
Biden Administration to Review Species Rules and Related Frameworks

On January 20, 2021, President Biden announced his administration will review regulatory actions taken between January 20, 2017 and January 20, 2021 in accordance with an Executive Order titled “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis” (EO). Among the agency actions to be reviewed under the EO are a number of regulations and policies finalized by the Trump Administration involving Endangered Species Act (ESA), Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), and other related statutes.

An initial pre-publication announcement ...

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Tags: Biden Administration, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Land Management, central valley project, CEQ, clean water act, Climate Crisis, Council on Environmental Quality, Critical Habitat, CWA, endangered species act, ESA, executive order, Gray Wolf, Greater sage-grouse, habitat, Listing, MBTA, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, monarch butterfly, National Environmental Policy Act, National Marine Fisheries Service, Navigable Waters Protection Rule, NEPA, northern spotted owl, Public Health, Rivers and Harbors Act, Section 404, state water project, Trump Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Trump Executive Order: Environmental Streamlining or Political Quagmire?
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Posted in Construction Projects, Fish & Wildlife Service, NEPA, project
Trump Executive Order: Environmental Streamlining or Political Quagmire?

On June 4, 2020, President Trump signed an executive order to provide federal agencies the foundation to speed up environmental permitting in the wake of COVID-19. While the move was lauded by many, others view the executive order as an impermissible use of executive power to circumvent environmental protections. The Center for Biological Diversity has already announced its plans to pursue litigation challenging the EO, alleging violations of the Endangered Species Act. 

Executive Order 13927, “Accelerating the Nation’s Economic Recovery from the COVID-19 Emergency ...

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Tags: CEQ, clean water act, coronavirus, Council on Environmental Quality, COVID-19, CWA, Department of Transportation, DOT, endangered species act, environmental permitting, ESA, executive order, FAST Act, FAST-41, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, FHA, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, FTA, infrastructure investment, MAP-21, Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, MPRSA, National Environmental Policy Act, National Marine Fisheries Service, Nationwide Permit, NEPA, NEPA review, NWP, RHA, Rivers and Harbors Act, Secretary of Transportation, transportation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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