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In practice, a project is required to meet NEPA guidelines when a federal agency provides any portion of financing for the project. However, review of a project by a federal employee can be viewed as a federal action, and in such a case, it requires NEPA-compliant analysis performance.
National Energy Policy Act (NEPA) environmental review will begin — required because the hub is federally funded. And they will finalize project siting. This phase is expected to take one-and-a ...
The Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2013 (H.R. 2641) is a bill that would aim to expedite the review process required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for construction projects that are partly or fully financed with federal funds or require permits or approvals from federal regulatory agencies. [1]
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), enacted in 1970, established a policy of environmental impact assessment for federal agency actions, federally funded activities or federally permitted/licensed activities that in the U. S. is termed "environmental review" or simply "the NEPA process."
The new rule was proposed by the Council on Environmental Quality, a White House division that said the changes to the NEPA review process would accelerate the adoption of clean energy in the U.S ...
While NEPA was initially intended to require review of “major” federal actions that could “significantly” affect the human and natural environment, more than 12,000 comprehensive ...
An environmental impact statement (EIS), under United States environmental law, is a document required by the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for certain actions "significantly affecting the quality of the human environment". [1] An EIS is a tool for decision making. It describes the positive and negative environmental effects of ...
Whether NEPA requires agencies to study the indirect environmental impact of the actions they regulate. Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado (Docket 23-975) is a pending United States Supreme Court case about the scope of environmental review required for government agencies by the National Environmental Policy Act ...