{"id":26363,"date":"2020-02-10T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T04:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=26363"},"modified":"2020-02-09T21:50:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T01:50:44","slug":"take-action-save-the-national-environmental-policy-act-nepa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2020\/02\/take-action-save-the-national-environmental-policy-act-nepa\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action: Save the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26373\" src=\"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/NEPA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/NEPA.png 820w, https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/NEPA-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/NEPA-768x292.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(<em>Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, February 10, 2020) Through the publication of Rachel Carson&#8217;s <em>Silent Spring<\/em>, pesticide dangers became a major driver for the environmental movement. Perhaps the most effective piece of environmental legislation is the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Because NEPA requires a wide-ranging evaluation of the potential environmental impacts of federal actions, as well as alternatives, it serves as a model for environmental decision making. Now key elements of NEPA are under attack by the Trump Administration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.everyaction.com\/rXMqLfxyt0udrgySHeLfLg2##anchor\"><strong>Ask your Congressional Representatives to pressure the White House to retract the proposed changes. At the same time, add your signature to the Beyond Pesticides public comment to Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEPA established the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) as the agency within the White House that is responsible for carrying out the purposes of the act. The regulations established by the CEQ have persisted through changes in administrations for more than 30 years without major modification. Changes proposed by the Trump Administration&#8217;s CEQ threaten this model decision-making process.<\/p>\n<p>NEPA is a procedural law. It sets no environmental standards, but sets a standard for evaluating environmental impacts of proposed federal actions. It requires that federal agencies consider the short-term, long-term, and cumulative impacts of actions and disclose them to the public. Courts have ruled, for example, that registration of a pesticide by EPA is not sufficient to address environmental concerns under NEPA.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2020\/01\/10\/2019-28106\/update-to-the-regulations-implementing-the-procedural-provisions-of-the-national-environmental\">Trump CEQ proposal<\/a> will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natlawreview.com\/article\/nepa-overhaul-ceq-proposes-significant-changes-to-federal-environmental-review\">weaken NEPA regulations<\/a> in a number of ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It will limit the scope of required review to exclude from NEPA review non-federal projects with minimal federal funding or minimal federal involvement.<\/li>\n<li>It will remove the requirement for cumulative impact analysis, an important component of NEPA review. This removes the examination of greenhouse gas emissions.<\/li>\n<li>It advises agencies to evaluate the applicability of NEPA in a way that conflicts with NEPA&#8217;s requirement that \u201cthe policies, regulations, and public laws of the United States shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with the policies set forth in this Act.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>It defines the universe of \u201creasonable alternatives\u201d that must be considered in a restrictive way, requiring \u201ceconomic feasibility\u201d and that they \u201cmeet the goals of the applicant.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>It establishes tight time requirements for completing environmental assessments \u2013time limits that are not currently met by most assessments. While this may eliminate some wasted time, it also limits the depth of analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.everyaction.com\/rXMqLfxyt0udrgySHeLfLg2##anchor\"><strong>Ask your Congressional Representatives to pressure the White House to retract the proposed changes. At the same time, add your signature to the Beyond Pesticides public comment to Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Petition to CEQ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Comment to CEQ that must be submitted to Regs.gov by March 10. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/\">https:\/\/www.regulations.gov<\/a> docket number CEQ-2019-0003)<\/p>\n<p>NEPA requires that federal agencies perform a comprehensive, cumulative, in-depth analysis of the environmental impacts of proposed federal actions and alternatives to them. NEPA establishes a standard of decision-making for all federal agencies. CEQ&#8217;s proposed changes to NEPA regulations are unacceptable and should be scrapped. They would:<\/p>\n<p>*Unreasonably limit the scope of required review;<\/p>\n<p>*Remove the requirement for cumulative impact analysis and the examination of greenhouse gas emissions;<\/p>\n<p>*Conflict with NEPA&#8217;s requirement that \u201cthe policies, regulations, and public laws of the United States shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with the policies set forth in this Act;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>*Define the universe of \u201creasonable alternatives\u201d that must be considered in a restrictive way, requiring \u201ceconomic feasibility\u201d and that they \u201cmeet the goals of the applicant;\u201d and<\/p>\n<p>*Establish tight time requirements for completing environmental assessments \u2013time limits that are not currently met by most assessments, limiting the depth of analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your consideration.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, February 10, 2020) Through the publication of Rachel Carson&#8217;s Silent Spring, pesticide dangers became a major driver for the environmental movement. 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