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Court case backed by Utah calls federal environmental review regime into question
A lawsuit before a North Dakota federal district court could upend nearly five decades of environmental regulations affecting infrastructure projects. The Council on Environmental Quality was created through an executive order by President Richard Nixon in 1969. It implements the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, which directs federal agencies to assess how projects under their jurisdiction will impact environmental factors like air and water quality. A coalition of 21 Republican-led states, including Utah, seeks to overturn a new regulation adopted by the council that took ...
