US environmental regulators can now permit construction on all federal lands

The US environmental regulators expanded their construction permit to cover all federal lands. This means construction projects on federal land, like military bases or national parks, can now get environmental permits from the same agency.

Before this change, some federal lands were in a permitting gray area, making it harder to get environmental approvals for construction. Now, any construction project on federal land has a clear path to get its stormwater discharge permit. This removes a small but persistent bureaucratic hurdle for federal projects.