NEPA, the “Magna Carta” of Federal Environmental Laws, May Be About to Improve, NEPA process is a vital–sometimes the sole–tool voices heard
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Congress mandated earlier this year that NEPA reviews need only consider those impacts that are “reasonably foreseeable.” They also set inflexible page limits and deadlines across all NEPA reviews, and expanded situations in which NEPA exemptions apply. CEQ Chair Brenda Mallory has characterized most of these changes as consistent with current practice.
The same section would also require NEPA documents to consider, “the potential for disproportionate and adverse human health and environmental effects on communities with environmental justice concerns.” For the first time, the White House Council on Environmental Quality is also proposing a definition of environmental justice in the NEPA rules.
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