On Aug. 9, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) indicating that the agency seeks much greater authority in the infrastructure permitting processes regulated under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Under the EPA’s proposed rule, states and tribes could only prevent infrastructure construction in matters concerning water quality, ending some of their other long-held permitting authorities. Additionally, if enacted, the rule would cap the amount of time that states and tribes are allowed to evaluate relevant environmental permit applications. Read more in Tom Binet’s report, “U.S. Authorities Seek Streamlined Natural Gas Pipeline Development”:
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