To prevent further abuses, NEPA reform must focus on untangling the web of NEPA responsibilities, making one agency responsible for decision-making, limiting the scope of environmental reviews , mandating timeliness
Delays, Lawsuits, and Immigration Controls? The Many Abuses of NEPA
The Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) could not have come soon enough. When it was first signed into law in 1970, NEPA served as a way for federal agencies to consider the impacts of their actions, helping them to balance a range of interests. Today, NEPA is a massively expensive and time-consuming liability that threatens to derail crucial infrastructure and energy development projects. NEPA, as it currently operates, is the model of an outdated regulation that has been exploited beyond recognition from its original purpose.