Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

New Capabilities

As of May 2026: Building AI-powered NEPA document corpus and search tools

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has governed federal environmental reviews since 1970. For most of that time, the process relied on paper, siloed databases, and ad hoc searches. Now the federal government is assembling a public digital stack. It includes a common data standard, a searchable database of 2,290 categorical exclusions across 60-plus agencies, a workflow tool for completing environmental reviews, and APIs with shared schemas for developers.

Updated May 29