40 CFR 1508.27 - Significantly
| Cite as | 40 CFR 1508.27 |
-
- 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
847 practice notes
-
Part V
...environment. To the extent applicable, the responsible official shall address the considerations set forth in the CEQ regulations under 40 CFR 1508.27 in determining significant Sec. 6.403 Environmental review and assessment requirements. (a) Research and demonstration projects. The appropr......
-
Right-of-Way and Real Estate
...Early Acquisition Project must consider whether the change has the potential to cause a significant environmental impact as defined in 40 CFR 1508.27, including a significant adverse impact within the meaning of paragraph (e)(2)(iii) of this section. The Early Acquisition Project must compl......
-
Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act
...significance in paragraph (b) since it is central to determining the appropriate level of review. CEQ proposed to move the language from 40 CFR 1508.27, ``Significantly,'' since it did not contain a definition, but rather set forth factors for considering whether an effect is significant, t......
-
Meetings: National Environmental Policy Act compliance and environmental protection procedures,
...meaning of section 102(2)(E) of NEPA; and where it is reasonable to anticipate a cumulatively significant impact on the environment. See 40 CFR 1508.27 for 2. All categorical exclusions in this Part may be applied by any organizational element of HHS. 3. A class of actions includes activiti......
Request a trial to view additional results
670 cases
-
Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., No. CV 11–76–M–CCL.
...on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations. Neither the context nor the intensity of the video lends to a finding of significance. See40 C.F.R. § 1508.27. The context of helicopter hazing of bison is that it is of low frequency and brief duration. Helicopter hazing activities are terminated......
-
Alliance v. United States Forest Serv., No. CV 05-107-M-DWM
...to consider “[w]hether the action is related to other actions with individually insignificant but cumulatively significant impacts.” 40 C.F.R. § 1508.27(b)(7). “If several actions have a cumulative environmental effect, ‘this consequence must be considered in an [environmental impact statem......
-
Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Ala. Dep't of Transp., CASE NO. 2:11-CV-267-WKW (WO)
...40 C.F.R. § 1508.25 requires that "[c]onnected actions . . . should be discussed in the same impact statement." (Emphasis added.) 40 C.F.R. § 1508.27(B)(7) prohibits avoiding a finding of significance by breaking an action down into small component parts in the course of evaluating the envi......
-
Native Ecosystems Council & Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. U.S. Forest Serv., Case No. 4:11–cv–00212–CWD.
...at the “context” and the “intensity” of a federal action in determining whether it will have a significant affect on the environment. 40 C.F.R. § 1508.27. The regulations state that “intensity” “refers to the severity of impact” and set forth ten factors that an agency should consider in ev......
Request a trial to view additional results
7 firm's commentaries
-
Briefing Paper on BLM's July 24, 2018 Instruction Memorandum Related to Compensatory Mitigation (IM 2018-093)
...implementing regulations outline what constitutes a “Major Federal action,” 40 C.F.R. § 1508.18, and what impacts are “significant.” 40 C.F.R. § 1508.27. 19 Final Guidance at pp. 4-5 (citing 40 CFR § 1508.20) (emphasis added). 20Id. at p. 7 and n. 18. 21Id. at p. 7. 22Id. at pp. 9 and 14-15......
-
The Emerging Litigation Strategy Of Environmental Organizations Seeking To Curtail Shale Oil And Gas Development
...4332(2)(C). An agency must prepare an EIS for any action that has "individually insignificant but cumulatively significant impacts." 40 C.F.R. § 1508.27(b)(7). In January 2013, the court is scheduled to hear the parties' pending summary judgment Recently, the Center, and others, obtained su......
-
NEPA Revised Draft Guidance on Consideration of GHG Emissions: Version 2.0 - Proposal Requires Federal Agencies to Assess GHG and Climate Change Impacts and Encourages Substantive GHG Reductions Under the National Environmental Policy Act
...the impact to its environment) and intensity (the severity of the impact), in light of the 10 factors set forth in existing regulations (40 CFR 1508.27). As a practical matter, it is not clear how agencies will make this determination for GHG emissions, where every incremental addition exac......
-
NEPA Revised Draft Guidance On Consideration Of GHG Emissions: Version 2.0
...the impact to its environment) and intensity (the severity of the impact), in light of the 10 factors set forth in existing regulations (40 CFR 1508.27). As a practical matter, it is not clear how agencies will make this determination for GHG emissions, where every incremental addition exac......
Request a trial to view additional results
13 books & journal articles
-
Will climate change help or harm species listing?
...55 42 U.S.C. § 4321 (2010). 56 42 U.S.C. § 4332(2)(F)-(H) (2010). 57 40 C.F.R. §§ 1500.3-6 (2010). 58 See CEQ, supra note 47. 59 40 C.F.R. § 1508.27 (2010). 60 See, e.g. , Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Nat’l Highway Transp. Safety Admin , 508 F.3d 508, 523, 550 (9th Cir. 2007) (holding t......
-
Administering the National Environmental Policy Act
...to prepare an [EIS].”). 398. he regulations divide the signiicance inquiry into two sets of considerations: context and intensity. See 40 C.F.R. §1508.27)(a)-(b). Context has been relatively self-explanatory, i.e., “[s]igniicance varies with the setting of the proposed action.” Id. at §1508......
-
The Owner's Role
...of 1980 (CERCLA) as well as state 22. AIA Document A201–2017, supra note 4, § 3.7.5. 23. 16 U.S.C. § 470 and 36 C.F.R. § 800.4. 24. 40 C.F.R. § 1508.27(b)(3)(8). pat54645_01_b01_001-282.indd 42 6/28/19 2:04 PM The Owner’s Role 43 regulation and, in some instances, municipal ordinances.25Ind......
-
Betty B. Fletcher: NEPA's Angel and Chief Editor of the Hard Look
...test of 48. he “highly controversial” language appears in the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ’s) NEPA regulations. See 40 C.F.R. §1508.27(b)(4). 49. Compare Blue Mountains, 161 F.3d at 1212-13, with William H. Rodgers Jr., Environmental Law in Indian Country §1.19 at 503-05 (2005). ......
Request a trial to view additional results