AI
Trump signed the administration's AI executive order June 2, replacing mandatory oversight with voluntary frameworks. EPA proposed letting data center developers break ground before receiving an air permit. In San Francisco, the fight over the OpenGov contract renewal reached the Civil Service Commission. Trump signs AI executive order
EPA
EPA proposed redefining when construction can begin. Louisville hired its first Chief AI Officer. And the ePermit Act keeps picking up sponsors. EPA proposes New Source Review permit reform EPA proposed revisions to the Clean Air Act New Source Review program on May 13. The rule would let project sponsors
EPA
EPA built a tool that answers the question every applicant asks first: who do I call? EPA launches interactive Permitting Authority Map EPA released an interactive map on May 6 that identifies which regulatory body — EPA, state, local, or tribal — holds permitting authority across all of EPA's programs
ePermit Act
The ePermit Act landed in the Senate with eight co-sponsors. EPA is studying its own AI use in permitting decisions. And states are starting to mandate digital permitting by law. ePermit Act introduced in the Senate Eight senators — Curtis, Booker, McCormick, Kelly, Daines, Hickenlooper, Budd, and Padilla — introduced S.