Re: [H+T--Friends] Fwd: [ENV Section] Proposed rule of Council on Environmental Quality

On January 15, 2020 at 12:51 PM Kelly Rodgers &lt;kelly(a)thinkstreetsmart.org&gt; wrote: From our friends at APHA ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dr. Deborah N. Wallace < privateemail68535(a)connect.apha.org mailto:privateemail68535@connect.apha.org > Date: Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 8:24 AM Subject: [ENV Section] Proposed rule of Council on Environmental Quality To: Environment Section APHA < env_section(a)connect.apha.org mailto:env_section@connect.apha.org > Dear colleagues, As if our plates aren't full enough with the proposed rule on "transparency in science", the Council on Environmental Quality proposes to rewrite the whole set of regulations on the National Environmental Protection Act requirements for environmental impact assessments and statements. NY Times focused on a part of the rewrite which would waive requirements for an EIS (environmental impact statement) for major infrastructural projects. Because the EIS must usually consider air and water quality, land use, traffic patterns, and other public health issues, this proposed rule may influence environmental health if it is issued as drafted. I devoted 75 minutes today to reading the proposal in the Fed. Register and got one-third through. I shall probably finish my review on Thursday and could pull together a summary of the matters of interest to us on Friday. If you are a glutton for punishment, you can read it for yourself at: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/2019-28106/update-to-the-… Comments are due March 10, 2020. The portal for comments: https://www.regulations.gov Follow the instructions for submitting comments. You must include the agency name (Council on Environmental Quality) and the docket number (CEQ-2019-0003). The guidance for commenting from U. Mich for which Natalie Sampson supplied links and the one from Union of Concerned Scientists are also useful for making comments on this NEPA proposal. More on Friday, Deborah Wallace ~~~----~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Manage your Group settings: * To reply to sender (Dr. Deborah N. Wallace): privateemail68535(a)connect.apha.org mailto:privateemail68535@connect.apha.org * To view sender's profile, click this link: Dr. Deborah N. Wallace http://connect.apha.org/profile.htm?mode=vp&pid=68535 * To post to entire group, send email to: ENV_Section(a)connect.apha.org mailto:ENV_Section@connect.apha.org * To email the group moderator(s) (Megan, Fran, Jyotsna, Jennifer, Nirupama): ENV_Section-moderator(a)connect.apha.org mailto:ENV_Section-moderator@connect.apha.org * To UNSUBSCRIBE or change delivery settings, click this link: edit delivery settings http://connect.apha.org/p.htm?m=qs&em=kelly@thinkstreetsmart.org&sk… * To UNSUBSCRIBE from this group, send email to: ENV_Section-unsubscribe(a)connect.apha.org mailto:ENV_Section-unsubscribe@connect.apha.org * To remove yourself from this group, send email to: ENV_Section-remove(a)connect.apha.org mailto:ENV_Section-remove@connect.apha.org * To visit this group on the web, click this link: view group http://connect.apha.org/group.htm?igid=159703 Powered by GoLightly, http://www.golightly.com/ ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~~~~-~--~ -- Kelly Rodgers Executive Director, Streetsmart http://welcome.thinkstreetsmart.org/ kelly(a)thinkstreetsmart.org mailto:kelly@thinkstreetsmart.org 503.442.7165 Portland, OR Please note I am working in Pacific Standard Time. _______________________________________________ H+T--Friends mailing list H+T--Friends(a)chrispy.net https://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends