See below and attached for new paper on NEPA and actual time to complete a project. The paper has many useful findings including:
Our data do not provide support for the current proposal to expand the number of projects eligible for CEs (US Forest Service 2019) and do not support a significant justification for CEQ’s proposed rule-making (Council on Environmental Quality 2020) and associated executive action surrounding NEPA.
The Forest Service’s proposed changes to the NEPA handbook are making their way through required review at other agencies. The attached study is being forwarded to the reviewing agencies.