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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") ......
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  • 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:......
  • Regulating Shipping of Carbon Dioxide for Sequestration
    • United States
    • Environmental Law Reporter No. 54-10, October 2024
    • October 1, 2024
    ...include actions approved by permit or other regulatory decision as well as federal and federally assisted activities. 217. Id . §§1500.1 et seq. 218. Id . §1500.1(a). 219. Strycker’s Bay Neighborhood Council, Inc. v. Karlen, 444 U.S. 223, 227, 10 ELR 20079 (1980): NEPA, while establishing “......
  • Endnotes
    • United States
    • Sustainable Development Law & Policy No. XVIII-2, April 2018
    • April 1, 2018
    ...37 Dep’t of Transp., v. Public Citizen, 541 U.S. 752, 767 (2004). 38 S ee Schaper, supra note 4. 39 S ee 40 C.F.R. §§ 1506.6(b), 1500.2(d), 1500.1; supra note 13 and accompanying text. endnoTes: The uBer drIve: self-drIvIng cars could creaTe more uncerTaInTy wITh gIg economy’s “IndependenT ......
  • 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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