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Federal Land Issues with Siting and Permitting


Electricity Transmission: What Is the Role of the Federal Government?

Transmission Siting on Federal Land ... Other federal land management agencies have their own permitting processes that may account.

FERC Issues Transmission Siting Rule to Clarify Federal ...

1977 clarifies that FERC has the authority to issue transmission permits within U.S. Department of Energy-designated National Interest Electric ...

On the Front Burner: Energy Permitting Reform - Foley Hoag LLP

... federal permitting, siting, and environmental reviews for energy infrastructure projects. ... federal lands to coal, oil, and natural gas ...

PUBLIC LANDS - National Association of Counties

... claims on federal land. NACo ... This includes conservation efficiency, exploration, and research that provide for the siting, permitting, production,.

43 CFR Part 2800 -- Rights-of-Way Under the Federal Land ... - eCFR

Grant means an authorization or instrument (e.g., easement, license, or permit) the BLM issues under Title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 43 ...

the energy permitting reform act of 2024

Sec 203: Permitting compliance on non-federal land. • Subsection (a) removes ... (FERC) to issue a construction permit for a project in a National Interest ...

FERC Approves New Final Rule for Permit to Site Interstate Electric ...

To obtain a federal siting permit from FERC an applicant must demonstrate that one of the above state actions (or inactions) has occurred such ...

Backstop Siting: FERC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Additionally, the IIJA amendments limited the exercise of eminent domain authority to those instances where FERC has determined that the permit ...

GAO-13-221, Pipeline Permitting: Interstate and Intrastate Natural ...

crosses more than one federal agency's lands, BLM issues a right-of ... GAO-13-221 Pipeline Permitting. State. State agency that issues siting.

SITING, NEPA, AND PERMITTING

Those concerns and issues will be addressed through land-use application and permitting processes. State and/or federal permitting also may be required, for ...

Siting & Permitting Reform - ACORE

A key barrier to such infrastructure expansion is the often lengthy permitting process that includes compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) ...

How the Current Siting Regime Stifles Renewable Energy

As the primary regulators of land use, state and local governments wield a significant amount of power over siting decisions. Given the multiple ...

FERC Finalized New “Backstop” Rule for Federal Permitting of ...

FERC's Transmission Siting Authority. The new rule addresses a long-standing problem. Transmission lines often cross many states with different ...

A Grand Bargain for Permitting Reform - Institute for Progress

Instead they prioritize reforming NEPA, the law that enshrines environmental review, particularly by limiting legal challenges against NEPA ...

NAEP 2022 Session B6

His experience includes deep involvement in federal infrastructure permitting issues and the first comprehensive revision of CEQ'sNEPA regulations in 40 years.

Is the Permitting Process for Transmission Lines Really Broken?

If a project crosses federal land, it will trigger review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and ...

Congress Considers Comprehensive Permitting Reform With Major ...

Permitting reform is a high-priority, bipartisan issue ... Renewable Energy Siting on Federal Lands: The bill includes numerous ...

Notes Local Restrictions on Renewable Energy Siting in the United ...

Smith,. Permitting and Land Use, in THE LAW OF SOLAR: A GUIDE TO BUSINESS AND LEGAL ISSUES 1, 1 (6th ed. 2022), https://files.stoel.com/files/SR/Stoel%20Rives% ...

Siting, Planning & Permitting - Eocene Environmental Group

Federal, state and local government officials. Conservation groups or other non-governmental organizations. Affected property owners. Members of the public.

Zoning and Siting - Solar - NASEO

Zoning and siting regulations are used by local jurisdictions to manage land use, regulate development and construction, and create separate districts.