On the eve of the second, and final, public hearing on the Trump administration’s proposed rewrite of rules implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), advocates and critics of the plan held dueling press conferences that underscored their sharply differing views about the proposal.
Further steps in the regulatory process are yet to come and environmental groups are expected to challenge the proposal in court. [View Jan. 9, 2020, ENR story on the proposed rule here.]