{"id":27106,"date":"2025-07-25T14:09:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=27106"},"modified":"2025-07-29T08:34:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T14:34:56","slug":"nepa-rollback-bill-speed-act-would-threaten-environment-communities-provide-legal-immunity-to-polluters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/nepa-rollback-bill-speed-act-would-threaten-environment-communities-provide-legal-immunity-to-polluters\/","title":{"rendered":"El proyecto de ley de derogaci\u00f3n de la NEPA, Ley SPEED, amenazar\u00eda el medio ambiente y las comunidades, y otorgar\u00eda inmunidad legal a los contaminadores."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hoy, mientras las crisis clim\u00e1tica y de biodiversidad azotan a Estados Unidos, los representantes Westerman y Golden presentaron la Ley de Estandarizaci\u00f3n de Permisos y Aceleraci\u00f3n del Desarrollo Econ\u00f3mico (SPEED). Con el pretexto de agilizar la tramitaci\u00f3n de permisos de infraestructura, la ley propuesta supone un recorte dr\u00e1stico en la legislaci\u00f3n ambiental fundamental del pa\u00eds, la Ley Nacional de Pol\u00edtica Ambiental (NEPA).<\/p>\n<p>Los defensores de la reforma de permisos han sido v\u00edctimas de numerosos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eli.org\/sites\/default\/files\/files-pdf\/55.DispellingTheMyths.pdf\">mitos<\/a> Que la NEPA impide la construcci\u00f3n de carreteras, viviendas y otras infraestructuras, pero los datos demuestran que la ley conduce a mejores decisiones y, en \u00faltima instancia, a mejores proyectos. En lugar de adoptar un enfoque razonado para identificar y abordar las necesidades espec\u00edficas de permisos, este proyecto de ley abrir\u00eda la puerta al saqueo de los recursos de nuestra naci\u00f3n en tierras p\u00fablicas y reducir\u00eda dr\u00e1sticamente la capacidad del p\u00fablico para ser escuchado durante el desarrollo del proyecto o para buscar reparaci\u00f3n por violaciones de la ley en los tribunales. La semana pasada, WELC lider\u00f3 una coalici\u00f3n de 27 grupos conservacionistas del oeste, creando un... <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WELC_PermittingReform-2025.07.18.pdf\">carta<\/a> al Representante Huffman y a los miembros del Comit\u00e9 de Recursos Naturales de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes de EE. UU., aconsej\u00e1ndoles a todos que tengan mucho cuidado con reversiones de la NEPA como \u00e9sta.<\/p>\n<p>Los patrocinadores <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalresources.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=418297\">presione soltar<\/a> lamenta el \u201cproceso engorroso y largo\u201d de la NEPA, que <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats-naturalresources.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/at-subcommittee-hearing-nepa-expert-debunks-industry-driven-rhetoric-about-energy-project-delays-and-permitting-reform-needs\">Los expertos est\u00e1n de acuerdo<\/a> Tiene sus ra\u00edces en la falta cr\u00f3nica de fondos y personal de las agencias federales, un problema creado por el Congreso. Los promotores se quejan de que la NEPA \u00abes actualmente la ley ambiental m\u00e1s litigada\u00bb, pero la realidad es... <a href=\"https:\/\/law.lclark.edu\/live\/files\/30871-50-2-ruple-final\">menos de un cuarto de un por ciento<\/a> de las decisiones de la NEPA terminan en los tribunales anualmente.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa Ley SPEED en este Congreso sin duda eliminar\u00e1 pr\u00e1cticamente la participaci\u00f3n p\u00fablica y las protecciones ambientales y sanitarias cruciales, abriendo la puerta a la explotaci\u00f3n descontrolada de tierras p\u00fablicas sin considerar los impactos en los ecosistemas y las comunidades que dependen de ellos\u201d, declar\u00f3 Kyle Tisdel, director del Programa de Clima y Energ\u00eda del Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental. \u201cLa propuesta de la Ley SPEED de reducir el plazo para presentar una demanda legal de 72 a cinco meses limitar\u00eda dr\u00e1sticamente la capacidad de las comunidades para interponer recursos por los da\u00f1os a nuestro aire, agua y paisajes. Este proyecto de ley otorgar\u00eda inmunidad legal casi total a quienes contaminan por envenenar a las personas y al medio ambiente\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El Congreso ha aprobado numerosas actualizaciones a la NEPA que son <a href=\"https:\/\/bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov\/ceq\/news-updates\/2025\/01\/13\/new-data-shows-biden-harris-administration-improved-speed-of-federal-permitting-and-environmental-reviews\/\">reduciendo significativamente los tiempos de permisos<\/a>, como el FAST-41, la Ley de Reducci\u00f3n de la Inflaci\u00f3n, la Ley de Responsabilidad Fiscal y otras. Antes de crear un nuevo proceso acelerado, deber\u00edamos observar c\u00f3mo se desarrollan todos estos cambios.<\/p>\n<p>Cabe destacar que, al definir la ley como puramente procesal, el proyecto de ley desmantela el prop\u00f3sito central de la NEPA: garantizar que todas las agencias federales consideren el impacto ambiental de sus acciones. Durante 50 a\u00f1os, la ley ha ordenado a las agencias que consideren las consecuencias ambientales de las acciones propuestas, involucrando al p\u00fablico y a las comunidades en ese proceso para garantizar que, en la mayor medida posible, analicen las consecuencias ambientales y tomen decisiones bien informadas que fomenten la armon\u00eda entre los seres humanos y el medio ambiente para las generaciones presentes y futuras.<\/p>\n<p>El proyecto de ley tambi\u00e9n limita los tipos de proyectos sujetos a revisi\u00f3n ambiental y elimina la capacidad de una agencia para considerar los impactos combinados de otros proyectos, lo que significa que las revisiones ambientales ya no informar\u00e1n plenamente al p\u00fablico. Adem\u00e1s, elimina los recursos judiciales est\u00e1ndar al eliminar la capacidad de los tribunales para anular las acciones de la agencia que violan la NEPA, lo que significa que no habr\u00eda incentivos para que las agencias cumplan con la ley. Adem\u00e1s, los proyectos podr\u00edan continuar mientras se corrigen las infracciones, lo que equivale a &quot;arrasar primero, considerar los impactos despu\u00e9s&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Nosotros <i>pueden<\/i> mejorar la velocidad de los permisos, <i>y ya lo somos<\/i>Debemos hacerlo, porque las crisis clim\u00e1tica y de biodiversidad exigen respuestas r\u00e1pidas y contundentes. Pero no debemos socavar las protecciones comunitarias y ambientales para lograr este objetivo.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contacto:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kyle Tisdel, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, 575-770-7501, <a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#111;:&#x74;&#105;&#x73;&#100;e&#x6c;&#64;&#x77;&#101;s&#x74;e&#x72;&#110;&#x6c;&#x61;w&#x2e;&#111;&#x72;&#103;\">tisdel@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, as the climate and biodiversity crises rage across America, Reps. Westerman and Golden introduced the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act. 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