Sentences with phrase «one's environmental review»

What's more, under these new laws, citizen groups will likely be shut out of environmental reviews of big projects like oil pipelines.

If a developer claims a lease, they still are not allowed to begin construction until an entirely separate permitting and environmental review process takes place.

And all federal environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects must be completed within two years.

Public participation in environmental review hearings is being severely limited.

It also states that all federal environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects must be completed within two years.

We need a full environmental review to see the potential impacts this pipeline would have on our state.

The state allowed the local town board to conduct the required environmental review for the facility.

Scientists also expressed concern about the project being exempt from environmental review requirements.

One common concern expressed how will a required state environmental review, which can involve a lengthy public comment period, fit in with the process.

Plus, it would require a new environmental review, delaying the project for more years.

Coal and nuclear plants and natural gas plants have not been required to make power without using water, nor have they had to undergo environmental reviews challenging their water use.

But in a possible sign that the agency recognizes times are changing, it has recently slowed the approval process for some proposed new pipelines, apparently to conduct more thorough environmental reviews.

She said that more than anything, the new guidance will provide clarity for agencies struggling to add climate change impacts into environmental reviews.

The report appears to have been intended to be included in the state's ongoing environmental review of fracking.

An outside environmental review found the ash to be safe and supported the use of the material.

More than 10,000 people have attended public hearings so far, on top of the more than 120,000 comments submitted calling for extensive environmental review of these projects.

The application should include adequate information to assess the ability to obtain any remaining environmental reviews and permitting in a time period that would allow funds to be obligated within the required timeframe.

If it turns out to be commercially viable, a preliminary environmental review would come next.

A vote on the bill is not expected until the city completes a requisite environmental review of the plan, which mayoral staffers said could take up to six months.

In the end environmental reviews and indigenous protests may not be the most effective legal strategy to take in blocking pipeline projects.

In its wake, opponents claim, the new project was fast - tracked without the usual environmental reviews so that construction could be completed before a Keystone - style opposition formed.

Vet mitigation plans through a formal and collaborative environmental review and impact study and commit to getting approval from Community Boards in the affected neighborhoods before work begins.

There's no way that the promised environmental review can be completed in that short of a time frame.

Why dispute these ideas before energy boards and environmental review panels?

The state's environmental review process is thorough and prone to extensive delays, and allows for lawsuits, he said.

The state's environmental review of fracking is in the final stages.

One common concern expressed is how a required state environmental review, which can involve a lengthy public comment period, will fit in with the process.

«This will mean that all infrastructure projects, including those under the president's stimulus initiative, will be subject to environmental review for greenhouse gases,» he said.

He appears regularly before the Ontario Municipal Board and municipal councils, and has appeared before Environmental Review Tribunal and all levels of courts in Ontario.

(g) speak with a coordinated voice when conducting environmental reviews and making authorization decisions; and

Giambra's argues ECC and Erie County will not conduct a full environmental review before constructing a planned $ 30 - million academic building at Main and Youngs in Amherst.

This means a robust and complete environmental review of Global's operations will be required, including compliance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).

«The environmental community will be watching closely to assure that industry does not side - step environmental review by conducting an onslaught of vertical drilling and then converting those vertical wells to horizontal wells.»

[11] As of October 2013 agencies seeking input on environmental reviews for export terminal proposal held public meetings on the proposed terminal.

Last month, Trump's administration began environmental reviews for oil and gas drilling in a section of the Arctic national Wildlife Refuge.

Some changes will happen immediately, such as the repeal of a 2016 policy that encouraged federal regulators to consider climate change in environmental reviews as well as directives from Obama that compelled government agencies and the military to factor the phenomenon into their planning.

Another 61 miles would cross over the state line into New Jersey, where Pilgrim officials have said environmental review papers have yet to be submitted.

The DEC issue a preliminary draft environmental review of possible regulations for allowing high - volume hydrofracking in the state.

«Some municipal leaders in Ulster County oppose NY Thruway Authority leading environmental review of pipeline plan,» Nov. 30, 2015

Fighting for a comprehensive environmental review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act.

The Obama administration is facilitating drilling projects on federal land in western North Dakota by expediting environmental reviews.

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«As co-lead agencies, DEC and Thruway will ensure that a transparent comprehensive environmental review process is completed prior to any final State or Thruway approvals.»

In a bid to realize that goal, the Trudeau government yesterday unveiled an Impact Assessment Act that would establish a new government agency to oversee environmental reviews of proposed projects and set new timetables and rules for carrying out assessments.

EJ at DOT includes incorporating EJ and nondiscrimination principles into transportation planning and decisionmaking processes as well as project specific environmental reviews.