Public Lands

Federal Officials Close Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Commercial Fishery

The Commerce Department has closed the General category fishery to large Atlantic bluefin tuna, requiring affected permit holders to stop retaining them...

Government Operations

EPA Updates Nevada Underground Storage Tank Rules After 28 Years

The direct final rule the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published Oct. 22 codifies its approval of Nevada's revised underground storage tank program...

Congress

Senate Permitting Bill Would Set Review Deadlines and Limit Remedies

A Senate bill would set deadlines for federal environmental reviews and later permit decisions and limit court remedies, according to a new Congressional...

Agriculture

EPA Exempts Pesticide Solvent From Federal Residue Limits

Pesticide manufacturers may use dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as a solvent or co-solvent in formulations applied to growing crops, animals, and food-contact...

Environment

National Park Service Corrects Alaska Wildlife Rule Definition

The National Park Service corrected a drafting error in its Alaska wildlife and subsistence regulations, clarifying which part of a key definition its Oct....

Energy

EPA Proposes Rollback of Methane Rules for Oil and Gas Industry

Oil and gas companies, gas processing plants, and storage tank owners would face weaker methane emissions limits under an Environmental Protection Agency...

Environment

Postal Service Extends Comment Period on Environmental Rule Changes

The U.S. Postal Service extended the public comment deadline on its interim final rule overhauling its environmental review procedures, giving the public...

Energy

EPA Proposes Letting Utah Take Over Carbon Storage Well Permits

Carbon storage well operators in Utah would answer to state regulators instead of the Environmental Protection Agency under a proposed rule the agency...

Government Operations

EPA Lets Virginia Run Its Own Coal Ash Permits

EPA is letting Virginia's state environmental agency run its own coal ash permit program in place of federal rules, so the state's coal ash disposal sites...

Environment

New Rule May Curb State Water Certification and Double Permit Terms

A bipartisan Senate bill, S. 5653, introduced September 30 would narrow state authority over water quality certifications, extend National Pollutant...

Government Operations

Nuclear Waste Cleanup Faces Higher Costs, Delays

A complex legal and regulatory framework governing Department of Energy nuclear waste cleanup has led to inconsistent approaches, regulator disputes, and...

Politics

Textile Recycling Push Faces Funding and Infrastructure Gap

The Textile Circular Economy: Policy Options for the U.S. report, published Oct. 16 by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), examines policy...

Government Operations

DOE Cleans Some Nuclear Waste Sites to Residential Standards

At nearly a third of the Hanford site and most contaminated areas of the Idaho site, the Department of Energy (DOE) and regulators set nuclear waste cleanup...

Government Operations

Army Corps Didn't Clearly Justify No-Mitigation Calls, GAO Says

For roughly 70 percent of the Civil Works projects the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) sent to Congress for authorization between 2020 and 2025, the...

Politics

Tribal Participation In Environmental Reviews Left to Agencies

Tribal opportunities to participate in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) may now vary by federal agency and project...

Congress

Congress Weighs Further Geothermal Research as Potential Grows

The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) geothermal assessments remain preliminary, and Congress faces an open question about whether to advance and prioritize...

Energy

Carbon Sequestration Well Permits Face Backlog and Oversight Gaps

The rescission by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in August of its 2023 environmental-justice guidance for Class VI carbon sequestration wells has...