The deal would also streamline the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a landmark environmental regulation, to limit its requirements on some projects.
The agreement would designate "a single lead agency" to develop environmental reviews in order to speed the process, and shorten the time the federal government takes to analyze a proposed plan's environmental impact.
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