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Citation 40 C.F.R. §1502.16

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3 cases
  • Rocky Mountain Wild v. Dallas
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Tenth Circuit
    • April 19, 2024
    ...of a proposed action, the agencies must consider the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts of the action. 40 C.F.R. §§ 1502.16 (environmental consequences), 1508.7 (cumulative impact), 1508.8 (direct and indirect effects). When "considering whether the agency took a 'hard l......
  • Citizens for Clean Air & Clean Water v. U.S. Dep't of Transp.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit
    • April 4, 2024
    ...the proposed action, address reasonable alternatives, and consider the impacts of those alternatives. 40 C.F.R. §§ 1502.1, 1502.13, 1502.14, 1502.16. Though demanding, these procedures are in place to ensure the government takes a "hard look" at the effects of its decisions before approving......
  • Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — District of Columbia Circuit
    • June 21, 2024
    ...sea turtles.[5] See 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.; see also Sierra Club v. FERC, 38 F.4th 220, 226 (D.C. Cir. 2022) (citing 40 C.F.R. §§ 1502.14, 1502.16, 1501.3(a)(3)). Instead, the final listed the benefits to protected sea turtles as a whole. But regardless of whether that objection has merit......
3 firm's commentaries
  • NEPA Rules Rewrite: Content of NEPA Documents Under New CEQ Rules
    • United States
    • JD Supra United States
    • August 19, 2020
    ...and Envtl. Justice Health All. v. Council on Envtl. Quality, No. 1:20-cv-06143 (S.D.N.Y. filed Aug. 6, 2020). Environmental consequences—§ 1502.16 To be consistent with the CEQ’s revised definition of “effects,” the CEQ has eliminated references to direct, indirect and cumulative effects in......
  • Proposed Elimination of Cumulative Effects Analysis under NEPA Leaves Climate Change Considerations in Jeopardy
    • United States
    • JD Supra United States
    • January 22, 2020
    ...succeed. [1] 42 USC § 4321 et seq. [2] 40 CFR § 1502.16 [3] https://ceq.doe.gov/docs/ceq-publications/ccenepa/sec1.pdf Addisah Sherwood 40 CFR § 1502.16 [3] Addisah Sherwood function JDS_LoadEvent(func) { var existingOnLoad = window.onload; if (typeof window.onload != 'function') { window.o......
  • DC Circuit Rules that FERC Must Consider Global Warming in Approving New Natural Gas Pipelines
    • United States
    • JD Supra United States
    • August 31, 2017
    ...v. FERC: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/2747D72C97BE12E285258184004D1D5F/$file/16-1329-1689670.pdf. Timothy Sabo 40 C.F.R. 1502.16, that requires indirect effects be considered if they are “reasonably The court acknowledged that it had ruled—three times no less—that car......
7 books & journal articles
  • Council on Environmental Quality Substantially Rewrites National Environmental Policy Act Regulations
    • United States
    • Full Court Press The Journal of Federal Agency Action No. 2-5, September 2024
    • Invalid date
    ...C.F.R. § 1502.14(a). 54. 40 C.F.R. § 1502.14(a). 55. 40 C.F.R. § 1502.15(b). 56. 89 Fed. Reg. at 35481. 57. 40 C.F.R. § 1502.16. 58. 40 C.F.R. § 1502.16(a)(2). 59. 40 C.F.R. § 1502.16(a). 60. 40 C.F.R. § 1502.16(a)(6)-(7). 61. 40 C.F.R. § 1502.16(a)(13). 62. Prior 40 C.F.R. § 1503.3. 63. 89......
  • §1.5 - NEPA Process
    • United States
    • Washington State Bar Association Washington Real Property Deskbook Series Volume 7: Environmental Regulation (WSBA) Chapter 1 National Environmental Policy Act
    • Invalid date
    ...v. U.S. Forest Serv., 549 F.3d 1211 (9th Cir. 2008); Inland Empire Pub. Lands Council v. Schultz, 992 F.2d 977, 980 (9th Cir. 1993); 40 C.F.R. §§1502.16, 1508.7, 1508.8, 1508.27(b)(7). See §1.6(2)(e) (on cumulative effects), Improper segmentation of a proposal into stages that individually ......
  • Table of Statutes
    • United States
    • Washington State Bar Association Washington Real Property Deskbook Series Volume 7: Environmental Regulation (WSBA) Table of Statutes
    • Invalid date
    ...§ 1501.4(a)(2): 1.5(5)(a) 40 C.F.R. § 1502.14(f): 1.6(2)(b), 1.6 40 C.F.R. § 1501.4(b): 1.5(5)(b) 40 C.F.R. § 1501.4(e): 1.5(5)(b) 40 C.F.R. § 1502.16: 1.5(3) 40 C.F.R. § 1501.4(e)(1): 1.5(5)(b) 40 C.F.R. § 1502.16(h): 1.6(2)(f) 40 C.F.R. § 1501.4(e)(2): 1.5(5)(b) 40 C.F.R. § 1502.19: 1.5(6......
  • National Environmental Policy Act
    • United States
    • ABA General Library Federal Administrative Procedure Sourcebook, Fifth Edition 2016
    • January 1, 2016
    ...statement that are useful to decisionmakers and the public (Secs. 1502.14 and 1502.15) and reducing emphasis on background material (Sec. 1502.16). (g) Using the scoping process, not only to identify significant environmental issues deserving of study, but also to deemphasize insignificant ......
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