Fwd: Environmental Law Alert: New Highway Law Streamlines Federal Permitting and Environmental Review for Large Infrastructure Projects

Useful energy project expedited permitting reference doc included.

Monty Bannerman
ArcStar Energy
+1 646.402.5076
www.arcstarenergy.com

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Date: Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 7:05 PM
Subject: Environmental Law Alert: New Highway Law Streamlines Federal Permitting and Environmental Review for Large Infrastructure Projects
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Legal News Alert from the Stoel Rives Environmental Law Team New Highway Law Streamlines Federal Permitting and Environmental Review for Large Infrastructure Projects December 17, 2015 Earlier this month, President Obama signed the Highway Authorization Act into law. Included in the legislation was provision for accelerated federal authorization (licensing, permitting, approval, etc.) and environmental review processes for qualifying large infrastructure projects. Covered project categories include: Conventional Energy Production Renewable Energy Production Pipelines Ports and Waterways Water Resource Projects Electricity Transmission Manufacturing Broadband Aviation Read on for our full discussion of the accelerated decision-making and environmental review process, along with the requirements for an infrastructure project to qualify for these benefits. If you have any questions about the content of this alert, please contact:   Cherise Gaffney (206) 386-7622 cherise.gaffney@stoel.com   Jeff Leppo (206) 386-7641 jeff.leppo@stoel.com   Jared Wigginton (206) 386-7539 jared.wigginton@stoel.com   If you currently subscribe to Stoel Rives legal updates, click here to update your contact information and preferences. To join the Stoel Rives mailing list and ensure direct delivery of future alerts, click here to subscribe.

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