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Here’s a summary of the USDA’s June 30, 2025, press release on Secretary Brooke Rollins’ rollback of environmental regulations: 🌲 Key Changes to NEPA Regulations 1. Overhaul of NEPA Review Process: USDA is issuing a unified department-wide regulation by rescinding seven agency-specific NEPA rules—cutting regulatory volume by around 66% tucsonsentinel.com The goal: streamline environmental review, reduce delays, and better support rural infrastructure, energy, forest, and agricultural projects. 2. White House Deregulation Context: This action follows President Trump’s Unleashing American Energy executive order and CEQ’s rollback of its own NEPA rules—clearing the way for USDA to reform its regime usda.gov . 3. Interim Final Rule Published: A pre-publication of the interim rule was released on June 30, 2025, with the official Federal Register version expected soon usda.gov . 📣 Why This Matters Faster approvals: A simplified NEPA framework may help reduce litigation and project delays, offering quicker implementation of beneficial projects. Economic boost: USDA frames this as a jobs and cost-savings measure for rural communities and the ag sector. Environmental stewardship: USDA says the changes still "honor the Department’s legacy of land stewardship," while this will shift oversight to a broader, more consistent standard usda.gov +1 usda.gov +1 . 🧭 Wider Rollback Pattern This doesn't stand alone. Earlier this year, Secretary Rollins: Rescinded the 2001 “Roadless Rule” (June 23) to permit road construction, timber management, and fire-resilience activities in National Forest lands (~58 million acres) electric.coop +6 usda.gov +6 usda.gov +6 . In April, issued a Forest Service memo enabling expedited actions on millions of acres to reduce wildfire risk, increase timber output, and limit NEPA barriers usda.gov . Taken together, these moves signal a consistent deregulatory push focused on timber, forest protection, infrastructure, and rural economic growth under Rollins' leadership.

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Cutting Costs, Raising Stakes: The Future of USDA and SNAP Under Scrutiny

On this episode of Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, House Ag Committee member Rep. Eric Sorensen explained Democrats' opposition to nutrition cuts in budget reconciliation and the scrubbing of the term "climate" at USDA. Then, former USDA Undersecretary Robert Bonnie discussed downsizing at the agency, and Angela Rachidi of the American Enterprise Institute outlined proposed SNAP cuts in reconciliation.

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