Advancing Your Rural USDA Investments through Revised NEPA Regulation

Summary Comparison of the Former 7 CFR 1970 USDA Rural Development NEPA Procedures vs. the 2025 7 CFR 1b USDA Interim Rule Changes

$165BN of non-residential rural USDA investments could be impacted by the recent NEPA regulation changes. As your trusted environmental consultant and advisor, Partner can help your USDA projects get approved through the newly revised NEPA regulation.

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Engage your NEPA process as early as possible to allow for additional time constraints. We will work hand-in-hand with the USDA to minimize slowdowns caused by the regulation and agency changes and help you advance your projects. Here we have streamlined a comparison of the prior version of the regulation with the latest updates.