40 CFR 1500.1 - Purpose
| Cite as | 40 CFR 1500.1 |
-
- This document is available in original version only for vLex customers
View this document and try vLex for 7 days - TRY VLEX
- This document is available in original version only for vLex customers
539 practice notes
-
Resource Management Planning
...planning process, the BLM also adheres to NEPA requirements for using ``high quality'' information and ``accurate scientific analysis'' (40 CFR 1500.1(b)), and for ensuring the ``professional integrity, including scientific integrity, of the discussions and analyses in EISs'' (40 CFR \7\ Of......
-
Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Interior Department, Land Management Bureau,
...and merit review in an EA or EIS, rather than amassing needless detail for actions demonstrated not to have significant impacts (40 CFR 1500.1(b)). Comment: Some comments, while recognizing that the ``extraordinary circumstances'' review is to occur before an action is determined to be elig......
-
Updating Regulations Issued Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Service Contract Act, Davis-Bacon and Related Acts, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Employee Polygraph Protection Act, and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
...of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., the regulations of the Council of Environmental Quality, 40 CFR 1500.1 et seq., and the Departmental NEPA procedures, 29 CFR part 11, and determined that this rule will not have a significant impact on the qual......
-
2017 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards
...* * * Inclusion of such an analysis in the EIS is necessary to inform Congress, the public, and the President as intended by NEPA. See 40 CFR 1500.1(a).'' Forty Most Asked Questions Concerning CEQ's National Environmental Policy Act Regulations, 46 FR 18026 (Mar. 23, For the EIS, in additio......
Request a trial to view additional results
441 cases
-
Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Ala. Dep't of Transp., CASE NO. 2:11-CV-267-WKW (WO)
...NEPA; each federal agency then issues its own implementing regulations not inconsistent with CEQ regulations. 42 U.S.C. § 4332(B); 40 C.F.R. § 1500.1(a); 40 C.F.R. § 1500.2; 40 C.F.R. § 1500.3; 40 C.F.R. § 1500.6; Robertson v. Methow ValleyPage 3 Citizens Council, 490 U.S. 332, 354 (1989).•......
-
Soda Mountain Wilderness Council v. Norton, No. CIVS042583LKKCMK.
...or alternatives that might be pursued with less environmental harm." Lands Council v. Powell 395 F.3d 1019, 1027 (9th Cir.2005); 40 C.F.R. §§ 1500.1(b); 1500.2(d). In sum, NEPA forces agencies to explain what it is they seek to do, why they seek to do it, what the environmental impacts may ......
-
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence v. Salazar, Civil Action No. 08-2243 (CKK).
...statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act. NEPA, the "basic national charter for protection of the environment," 40 C.F.R. § 1500.1(a), requires federal agencies to take a "hard look" at the environmental consequences of their projects before taking action. 42 U.S.C. § 433......
-
WildEarth Guardians v. Bernhardt, Civil Action No. 16-1724 (RC)
...("NEPA").3. National Environmental Policy ActNEPA is the country's basic national charter for the protection of the environment. See 40 C.F.R. § 1500.1(a). Its purposes are:To declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to......
Request a trial to view additional results
3 firm's commentaries
-
Sea Change? Proposed Updates To NEPA Regulations Seek To Streamline Review Process, But Also Spur Controversy
...Mirroring the often cited premise from the Supreme Court in Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council,16 the proposed language in 40 C.F.R. § 1500.1 states that NEPA does not mandate particular results or substantive outcomes." This change codifies the well-heeled principle that NEPA is ......
-
NEPA in Flux: White House Expected to Propose Sweeping Changes to Federal Environmental Review and Permitting Processes to Promote Infrastructure Projects
...For further updates on these matters, please contact the attorneys listed above. [1] Draft document, p. 1. [2] 42 U.S.C. 4321; 40 C.F.R. 1500.1. [3] 40 C.F.R. [4] Draft document, p. 4. [5] Id., p. 8 [View source.] Megan A. Jennings...
-
BLM Directives Rein In the Federal APD Environmental Review Process
...effect of its proposed actions before approving “major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.” 40 CFR § 1500.1(a). NEPA sets forth the procedural process to be followed by the agency prior to reaching a decision on such proposed actions. Among other th......
7 books & journal articles
-
Will climate change help or harm species listing?
...and democratic interests if implemented at the CBD for biological resources). 62 U.S. Council on Environmental Quality Regulations, 40 C.F.R. § 1500.1 (2010) (“NEPA procedures must insure that environmental information is available to public officials and citizens before decisions are made......
-
Pesticide Litigation
...Papaya Indus. Ass’n v. Cnty. of Haw., No. 14-17538, 2016 WL 6819700, at *1 (9th Cir. Nov. 18, 2016). 222. 42 U.S.C. § 4332(2)(C); see 40 C.F.R. § 1500.1–.6. bro53655_08_ch08_327-356.indd 352 5/22/19 12:12 Pesticide Litigation • 353 regulations define “major federal action” to include “proje......
-
The Ninth Circuit's differential approach to alternatives analysis in NEPA cases: Westlands Water District v. United States Department of Interior.
...however, it seems that in the Ninth Circuit, NEPA is no longer a tool for frustrating environmentally beneficial agency action. (128) 40 C.F.R. 1500.1(c) (2004). (129) Kootenai, 313 F.3d 1094, 1120 (2002). (130) Id. at 1123. (131) For a comprehensive overview of the Healthy Forest Initiativ......
-
A Road Map to a Better NEPA: Why Environmental Risk Assessments Should be Used to Analyze the Environmental Consequences of Complex Federal Actions
...informed and science-based decision-making-which we believe to be better decision-making. ------------------------------- [1] 40 C.F.R. § 1500.1(a) (2007). [2] 40 C.F.R. § 1500.1(c). [3] 42 U.S.C. § 4321, et seq (2007); see Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council, 490 U.S. 332, 333 (198......
Request a trial to view additional results