Ninth Circuit Holds Forest Service Cannot Combine NEPA Categorical Exclusions

July 2024

California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 33, Number 19

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, on May 24, 2024, in Friends of the Inyo v. United States Forest Service held that the Forest Service’s regulations do not allow the agency to combine National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) categorical exclusions to cover a single project.

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