USDA: Rural Development Environmental Regulation for Rural Infrastructure Projects; Proposed Rule

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) and its sub-agencies have issued a proposed rule to update the Environmental Policies and Procedures regulation to allow the agencies limited flexibility to obligate federal funds for infrastructure projects prior to completion of the environmental review, while ensuring full compliance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures prior to project construction and disbursement of any RD funding. This proposed rule is being filed concurrently with a direct final rule on the same action as the Agency considers this a non-controversial action and does not anticipate any adverse comments. Comments are due by December 24, 2018.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news