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Citation 40 C.F.R. §1500.1
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4 cases
  • Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Forest Serv.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Montana
    • August 17, 2023
    ...to analyze the carbon impact of the project, the USFS did not utilize high quality and accurate information which NEPA requires. See 40 C.F.R § 1500.1. Second, even though the USFS posited that the short-term loss of carbon from logging would be outweighed by the net increase in carbon sequ......
  • Protect Our Aquifer v. Tennessee Valley Authority
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Western District of Tennessee
    • February 1, 2023
    ...Latin Americans for Social & Economic Development v. Adm., Federal Highway Administration, 756 F.3d 447, 463 (6th Cir. 2014); see also 40 C.F.R. § 1500.1 ("NEPA's purpose is not to generate paperwork or litigation, but to provide for informed decision making and foster excellent action."). ......
  • Envtl. Prot. Info. Ctr. v. Van Atta
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Northern District of California
    • July 10, 2023
    ...every significant aspect of the environmental impact of a proposed action" and "inform the public" of their analysis. 42 U.S.C. § 4332; 40 C.F.R. § 1500.1. NEPA requires an Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") for any major federal action "significantly affecting the quality of the human ......
  • Trenton Threatened Skies, Inc. v. Fed. Aviation Admin.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit
    • January 4, 2024
    ...implemented.42 U.S.C. § 4332(2)(C). The Council on Environmental Quality ("CEQ") has promulgated regulations implementing NEPA. See 40 C.F.R. § 1500.1 et seq. These regulations require an agency to prepare an EA to determine whether to draft either an Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") ......
9 books & journal articles
  • Table of Statutes
    • United States
    • Washington State Bar Association Washington Real Property Deskbook Series Volume 3: Real Property Interests & Duties of Third Parties (WSBA) Table of Statutes
    • Invalid date
    ...§122.26(b)(15)-(19): 8.3(2) 40 C.F.R. §122.27: 8.3(2) 40 C.F.R. §122.32: 8.3(2) 40 C.F.R. §131.8: 7.7(3) 40 C.F.R. pt. 162: 8.3(6) 40 C.F.R. §§1500.1-1508.28: 7.2(1) 43 C.F.R. pt. 2 subpt. G: 5.3(3) 43 C.F.R. pt. 4: 5.3(2)(c), 5.3(3), 7.2(1) 43 C.F.R. pt. 4m subpt. D: 5.14 43 C.F.R. pt. 30:......
  • §1.6 - Is the EIS Adequate?
    • United States
    • Washington State Bar Association Washington Real Property Deskbook Series Volume 7: Environmental Regulation (WSBA) Chapter 1 National Environmental Policy Act
    • Invalid date
    ...of the underlying data and scientific judgment. The CEQ regulations state that the information in an EIS must be of high quality. 40 C.F.R. §1500.1(b) (Accurate scientific analysis, expert agency comments, and public scrutiny are essential to implementing NEPA.). In addition, agencies must ......
  • Table of Statutes
    • United States
    • Washington State Bar Association Washington Construction Law Deskbook (WSBA) Table of Statutes/Regulations
    • Invalid date
    ...36 C.F.R. § 800.9(b): 13.2(2) 36 C.F.R. § 800.9(c)(2)-(3): 13.2(2) 36 C.F.R. § 800.9(c): 13.2(2) 36 C.F.R. § 800.16(y): 13.2(2) 40 C.F.R. §§ 1500.1-1508.25: 13.8 40 C.F.R. §§ 1500.1-1508.28: 13.2(1) 40 C.F.R. pt. 112: 13.6 40 C.F.R. § 112.1: 13.6 40 C.F.R. § 112.7(a)(3)(i)-(vi): 13.6 40 C.F......
  • Table of Statutes
    • United States
    • Washington State Bar Association Washington Real Property Deskbook Series Volume 7: Environmental Regulation (WSBA) Table of Statutes
    • Invalid date
    ...40 C.F.R. § 1502.9(c)(4): 1.5(6)(c) 40 C.F.R. §§ 1502.10 -.18: 1.6 40 C.F.R. §§ 1500-1508: 1.3(1) 40 C.F.R. § 1502.13: 1.6(2)(b) 40 C.F.R. § 1500.1(b): 1.6(2)(c) 40 C.F.R. §§ 1502.13 -.16: 1.5(6)(c) 40 C.F.R. § 1500.3: 1.4(4) 40 C.F.R. § 1502.14: 1.6(2)(b) 40 C.F.R. § 1500.4(g): 1.5(6)(b) 4......
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