Last week, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County. This opinion scaled back the (largely judicially imposed) requirements for Environmental Impact Statements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and could dramatically reduce permitting burdens on needed infrastructure.
Also last week, the Case Western Reserve Law Review posted the papers from its "Permitting the Future" symposium issue. These papers examine the burden of permitting requirements on environmentally desirable development. Energy infrastructure is a major focus of the symposium, as it is of the larger debate over permitting, but some papers examine the effect on other issues, such as federal land management and urban revitalization.
The volume includes:
