Briefing Article on Deputy Secretary of the Interior's August 6, 2018, Instructional Memorandum

The National Law Review published a briefing paper on the Deputy Secretary of the Interior's Instructional Memorandum (IM) for implementing Secretary's Order 3355 “Streamlining National Environmental Policy Act Reviews and Implementation of Executive Order 13807.”

This most recent IM from the Deputy Secretary of the Interior provides long awaited guidance on page limits and timing for preparation of Environmental Assessments. If your a BLM NEPA Nerd, like we are, this is something you've been waiting for. The article also opines and offers insight into whether this new guidance will satisfy the need for "legal sufficiency". I encourage you to read the article in it's entirety here:

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/briefing-article-deputy-secretary-interior-s-august-6-2018-instructional-memorandum