By Laura Godfrey Zagar and Andrew Yancey

On October 31, 2013, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell issued Order No. 3330 to establish a Department-wide mitigation strategy that focuses on mitigation opportunities at the landscape level.  Order No. 3330 is part of a larger effort required by President Obama’s May 17, 2013 Memorandum for all federal agencies to cut the aggregate timelines for major infrastructure projects in half by modernizing federal infrastructure review and permitting policies, promoting interagency coordination and planning, and enhancing both efficiency and predictability for project applicants.