{"id":604,"date":"2020-01-10T17:37:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/agri-pulse-daybreak-nepa-proposal-could-shield-usda-loans\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T07:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:18:20","slug":"agri-pulse-daybreak-nepa-proposal-could-shield-usda-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/agri-pulse-daybreak-nepa-proposal-could-shield-usda-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"Agri-Pulse Daybreak: NEPA proposal could shield USDA loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.agri-pulse.com\/media\/podcasts\/109-agri-pulse-daybreak\/play\/10637-daybreak-january-10-2020\">Listen to the story here<\/a>.\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n\nThe administration\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/agri-pulse.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f5a0aaec713d79bbd5f7ec87c&amp;id=4db307e5eb&amp;e=111c2822da\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposal<\/a>\u00a0to set deadlines for National Environmental Policy Act analyses and reduce the number of federal actions that would be subject to review also singles out a USDA program for attention.\n\nThe proposal would exclude from NEPA review projects enabled by the Farm Service Agency\u2019s farm ownership and operating loan guarantees program. \u201cFSA does not control the bank, or the borrower; the agency does not control the subsequent use of such funds and does not operate any facilities,\u201d the Council on Environmental Quality said in explaining the proposal.\n\nA lawyer for Public Justice, which is currently challenging a NEPA exemption for medium-sized Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, said the new regulations cannot override a statute such as NEPA.\n\n\u201cThese loans are presently going to support large industrialized operations,\u201d David Muraskin said. \u201cThus, exempting them from review is a further attack on independent farming communities.\u201d\n\n<strong>Take note:\u00a0<\/strong>The administration\u2019s proposal also could speed up environmental reviews for federal grazing permits.\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the story here. 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