Environmental review and justice
Environmental impact review (NEPA, SEQRA) and environmental justice rules for overburdened communities. What changed, the rules that apply and the dates ahead for projects in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
Latest briefings
- HighNew York
New York opens comments on scope of statewide data center environmental review; deadline October 20
The study that must be finished before state permits for large data centers resume now has a draft outline, and its final shape may govern how later projects are reviewed.
- MediumNew York
New York City outlines truck-pollution duties for warehouses of 50,000 square feet or more
The City's environmental agency described a proposed points system, based on truck trips, that large warehouse operators would have to meet, with environmental review due to start this fall and an estimated 2028 start.
- HighNew York
New York City issues preliminary guidance on exempting housing rezonings from environmental review
A qualifying housing rezoning in New York City can now enter public land use review without an environmental assessment, while reviews of rezonings that do not qualify are now subject to statutory deadlines.
- MediumNew York
New York now sets deadlines for full environmental reviews and exempts some housing on developed sites
A local board that orders a full environmental review must now decide and finish within statutory time limits, and qualifying housing on previously disturbed sites is exempt from review.
Rules 9
- Federal · 16 U.S.C. 1536, 1538, 1539; 50 CFR Parts 17 and 402Federal endangered species review, including tree-clearing limits for bats
- Federal · 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 4336aFederal environmental review (NEPA)
- Federal · 54 U.S.C. 306108; 36 CFR Part 800Historic preservation review for federal permits and funding (Section 106)
- New York · Exec. Order 91 of 1977; 62 RCNY ch. 5; 43 RCNY ch. 6City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR)
- New York · ECL Article 70; 6 NYCRR Part 621DEC permit procedures and deadlines
- New York · ECL 70-0118; 6 NYCRR Parts 617 and 621Environmental justice siting law
- New York · ECL 11-0535; 6 NYCRR Part 182State endangered and threatened species
- New York · ECL Article 8; 6 NYCRR Part 617State environmental quality review (SEQR)
- New York · PRHPL 14.09State historic preservation review