Can you keep us posted when she summaries her findings?  That may help us to craft our responses.  Thank you for sharing.

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On Jan 15, 2020, at 4:06 PM, Kelly Rodgers <Kelly@thinkstreetsmart.org> wrote:



From our friends at APHA

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From: Dr. Deborah N. Wallace <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@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-regulations-implementing-the-procedural-provisions-of-the-national-environmental

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

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