Articles Tagged with ''NEPA''

U.S. House of Representatives ended its 2025 legislative session by passing a permitting reform bill aimed at shortening completion timelines for major infrastructure projects.

The DOT's post-shutdown backlog is colliding with IIJA’s tightening obligation windows.

U.S. and Mexico inked a memorandum of understanding to accelerate six cross‑border wastewater projects aiming to end the Tijuana River sewage crisis by 2027.

Contractors will build grade-separated project in Franconia–Springfield for both passenger and freight rail through one of the state's busiest corridors..

State officials cancel Mid‑Barataria Sediment Diversion after federal permit suspension, cost overruns and litigation.

The bill, passed with the vice president's tie-breaking vote, phases out tax credits for EV charging infrastructure next year and for wind and solar projects finished after 2027—but a new clean energy tax is cut, nuclear power gets added incentive and contractors gain a desired tax break

Bill allows project sponsors to pay "opt-in fee" for expedited environmental reviews, and calls for repeal of sections of the Inflation Reduction Act.

The 8-0 decision on May 29 will allow the $1.4B Uinta Basin Railway project to advance, with the ruling appearing to limit the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act that requires federal agencies to prepare environmental impact statements for infrastructure projects.

The programmatic agreement covers reviews for state transportation projects and is expected to cut as much as six weeks from project timelines.

Industry and labor union leaders join lawmakers in calling for permitting reforms at Senate committee hearing on Feb. 19.