The Energy Department has proposed categorically excluding from federal environmental reviews certain energy storage systems and expanding existing exclusions for transmission upgrades and solar photovoltaic plants.
The proposed rule, issued on the Federal Register Wednesday, would alter what clean energy projects would be eligible to automatically skip an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act. The DOE last updated NEPA rules for those resources in 2011.
“Since then, DOE has developed a better understanding of the potential environmental impacts of these types of actions through research, conducting environmental reviews, and engaging with industry, local communities, ...
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