Judge: Biden Administration’s Delay Request Related To NEPA Case Not ‘Appropriate’

Mealey's (February 22, 2021, 2:28 PM EST) -- CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia on Feb. 19 denied the Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ) a 60-day delay in a lawsuit brought by groups challenging the implementation of an update to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), ruling that although the Biden administration says it needs time to evaluate the decision to change NEPA made by the Trump administration in 2020, delaying the litigation “would not be appropriate.”...

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