Tag: NEPA
Little Information Found on NEPA Cost/Benefit
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently performed a study on the number of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses performed each year and the costs and benefits of performing such analyses. GAO found that very little information is available on the cost of these analyses, and even the amount of NEPA analyses performed is not […]
SMG Attends South Wireless Summit
Last week, the Southeast Wireless Summit convened in Nashville with wireless telecommunications providers, developers, vendors, and industry professionals in attendance. The Summit provided significant insight into trends in the wireless telecommunications industry. From the various panels and conversations with industry representatives, a few things stuck out to us. First, it’s clear that the industry is […]
House Bill to Streamline NEPA Procedures
House Bill 2641 passed the U.S. House of Representatives on March 6, 2014 and aims to streamline federal agency coordination on environmental permitting under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Proponents of the bill point to a proposed wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts that has been in the permitting process for 12 years […]
Changes to NEPA - Could the Process Be Getting Easier?
Recently released by the Council on Environmental Quality and the Council on Historic Preservation is a Handbook addressing integration of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Encouragingly, the stated purpose of the handbook is to achieve more efficient reviews under NEPA. The handbook offers only guidance and advice […]