Spring 2016

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Articles

Congress passed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) last December. The FAST Act provides new funding for surface transportation projects and includes measures to streamline environmental reviews for highway, transit, and rail projects. But the FAST Act is more than a transportation bill. Title 41 of the Act adopts significant reforms to the federal environmental review process for a wide range of infrastructure projects, including those involving energy production, electricity transmission, surface transportation, aviation, ports, waterways, water resources, broadband, pipeline, and manufacturing. Click here to read the full article.

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