Industry Gives Strong Support For New DOT NEPA Rules, But States Split

Industry groups are offering strong support for a controversial Department of Transportation (DOT) proposal to adopt National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) streamlining measures the Trump White House finalized earlier last year, but state transportation agencies are split on the plan while environmentalists strongly oppose it. DOT is the first agency to seek to adopt the controversial White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) rules, which are being challenged in four federal district courts, and it is hoping to finalize the...