The rules, both sides.

Last updated 2026-05-19

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envirodocket is a database and analysis layer over US federal NEPA activity. We ingest documents from the Federal Register, the EPA EIS database, and related sources, plus public comments from regulations.gov. We then run AI models over that public material to extract structured fields, cluster projects, and write short briefs. The data is public. The structure, the briefs, and the site are ours.

We update the data on a rolling schedule. We do our best to keep it accurate and fresh, but the upstream sources change without notice and our pipeline is not infallible. Treat the site as a high-quality starting point, not as a substitute for reading the underlying filings.

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The briefs, cluster summaries, and impact extractions on this site are produced by AI models reading public NEPA documents. We work hard on grounding: most paraphrased claims are paired with a verbatim quote from the source PDF. Even so, models hallucinate, sources are sometimes mis-OCR'd, and our prompt logic has bugs.

Use the briefs the way you'd use a competent intern's first pass: useful for triage, not citable on their own. If you're filing a comment, writing a petition, briefing a partner, or preparing for litigation, read the underlying PDF before quoting anything as fact.

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