The EPA will launch a study of how it can better use AI in permitting decisions, according to the agency’s fiscal 2027 draft evidence plan, released Wednesday.
The plan, mandated by a 2018 law that seeks to strengthen federal evidence-building, marries two of the Trump administration’s key priorities: charging up the AI sector and speeding environmental permit decisions so energy projects, AI data centers, and other infrastructure can be built faster.
The work will include a comparison of which parts of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Electronic Permitting System and National Pollution Discharge Elimination System have already been automated and ...