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Officials briefed on NEPA rule rollback, pending litigation and BLM amendments affecting local projects
Summary
A county representative updated commissioners on federal NEPA regulatory changes, a remanded litigation decision the county must address, and BLM notices of intent to amend records of decision for Rock Springs and Buffalo coal leasing; commissioners were told there is a 30-day federal comment window on related requests for information.
A county representative identified as Julia briefed the Weston County Board of County Commissioners on recent federal regulatory activity affecting land-use reviews and permitting, telling the board the administration is moving federal policy back toward the 2023 NEPA statute and that agencies are being asked to craft their own NEPA procedures.
Julia told commissioners the 10th U.S. Circuit Court remanded a decision back to a local entity in Wyoming—she referenced remand to "Scabdol in Wyoming"—on the grounds that the agency’s range of alternatives in an environmental review was inadequate. "We do have…
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