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2025-10-14 00:00Sustainable Airport Master Plan Near-Term Projects Update
Port of Seattle presentation updating on the FAA’s completion of NEPA Environmental Assessment for 31 proposed SAMP projects, finding no significant environmental impact. Covers regional growth driving air travel demand, project details, and next steps including Port-led environmental review and public engagement. -
2025-09-12 00:00Leech Tishman Steven Taber Legal Services Agreement Regarding Issues Regarding Port of Seattle’s Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP)
Legal engagement letter from Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman to the City of SeaTac for legal services related to the Port of Seattle’s SAMP Final Environmental Assessment and FONSI/ROD, including preparation of a Petition for Review. The agreement outlines a $300,000 budget with $10,000 initial retainer and hourly billing rates. -
2025-09-10 00:00Jennifer Sanscrainte Ogden Murphy Wallace SAMP SEPA Engagement Letter – Special Environmental Counsel Services
Legal engagement letter from Ogden Murphy Wallace, P.L.L.C. to the City of SeaTac for special environmental counsel services regarding Jennifer Sanscrainte Ogden Murphy Wallace SAMP SEPA Engagement Letter – Special Environmental Counsel Services for environmental review processes for the Port of Seattle’s Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). The letter outlines hourly billing rates, scope of -
2025-08-12 22:32ESA Webinar on recent NEPA policy changes
So many lemons. Maybe some lemonade? Environmental Science Associates (ESA) held a webinar today to provide an overview and meaning to the truly astounding number of policy changes affecting NEPA over the past two years. Although an ‘overview’, the NEPA process is so technical the video may be of interest only to specialists. However, we -
2025-07-07 19:22Significant Changes to the National Environmental Policy Act Affecting Airport Projects
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has seen seismic changes in the past several months. On June 30, 2025, FAA rescinded its previous NEPA procedures and issued new Order 1050.1G, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures, to address the recent rescission of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA regulations, recent Executive Orders, and a recent -
2025-07-01 19:44Regulatory Alert: DOT and FAA Release Updated NEPA Implementation Guidance; Orders Take Effect Immediately
July 1, 2025 Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released significant updates to the guidance documents that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the department and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including a long-awaited update to FAA Order 1050.1. A complete analysis of the new guidance documents from DOT and FAA -
2025-06-12 13:46
Supreme Court Clarifies NEPA Scope in Light of Loper Bright
By: Steven M. Taber, Esq. In Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado (May 29, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) complied with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it declined to evaluate environmental impacts from increased oil drilling and refining that could result from a newly approved railway -
2025-05-30 16:24U.S. Supreme Court Narrows NEPA Review
Court removes “indirect effects” requirement The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision, on May 29, 2025, narrowing the scope of environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, the Court reversed in part the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ finding that the Surface Transportation -
2024-11-27 23:50
CEQ’s Wings Clipped: D.C. Circuit Invalidates CEQ’s Binding Regulations
In a significant ruling, the D.C. Circuit in Marin Audubon Society v. Federal Aviation Administration held that the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) lacks the statutory authority to issue binding regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).1 The decision calls into question the legal basis for key aspects of NEPA compliance, including the use -
2024-11-12 00:00Marin Audubon Society v. FAA 23-1067-2024-11-12
Argued January 19, 2024 Decided November 12, 2024 No. 23-1067 MARIN AUDUBON SOCIETY, ET AL., PETITIONERS v.