NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT

Articles and editorials

NEPA Is the Guide Star, H6681 [23OC]

Bills and resolutions

Ecology and environment: authorize assignment to States of Federal agency environmental review responsibilities (see H.R. 2097), H2910 [22MY]

Federal agencies and departments: improve coordination of agency actions in preparation and adoption of environmental documents in order to streamline the Federal permitting process (see H.R. 2641), H4369 [10JY]

Power resources: promote timely exploration for geothermal resources under existing geothermal leases (see H.R. 1363), H1823 [21MR]

Public lands: ensure application to the declaration of national monuments (see H.R. 1459), H1908 [10AP]

Remarks in House

Arizona: assess need for National Environmental Policy Act review prior to approval of a Federal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) for a mining project, H5853, H5854 [26SE]

Bureau of Reclamation: create a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act for small conduit facilities for hydropower development, H1885 [10AP]

——— require small conduit hydropower projects to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, H1879, H1881–H1884 [10AP]

——— strike National Environmental Policy Act waiver for small conduit hydropower projects, apply directives and standards for lease of power privilege projects, and increase megawatt limitation for small projects, H1885, H1886 [10AP]

Corps of Engineers: ensure efforts to improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources are subject to National Environmental Policy Act review, H6685 [23OC]

——— prohibit enforcement of streamlined environmental review process until the current backlog of authorized projects is reduced, H6680, H6702–H6704, H6720, H6740, H6741 [23OC], E1601, E1602 [30OC]

Dept. of the Interior: continue to review oil and gas activities that would qualify for categorical exclusions to the National Environmental Policy Act, H7225, H7226 [19NO]

——— include areas requested by States in environmental review process for energy leasing plans, H4120, H4121 [27JN]

Ecology and environment: importance of funding improvements in environmental laws, E1637 [12NO]

Mining and mineral resources: clarify responsibility for determinations under the National Environmental Policy Act prior to issuance of mineral exploration or mine permits, H5615, H5616 [18SE]

Water Resources Reform and Development Act: impact on environmental laws, H6718, H6720 [23OC]

Remarks in Senate

EPA: expedite exports from the U.S. by prohibiting application of National Environmental Policy Act relative to greenhouse gas emmisions such exports would produce outside the U.S., S2314 [22MR]

Reports filed

Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1459) (H. Rept. 113–221), H5801 [20SE]