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The requirement to assess indirect and cumulative impacts of proposed Federal actions was established in the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Indirect effects are caused by the project or plan, but are separated from direct effects by time and/or distance.

10.01.2020 · The existing NEPA regulations require agencies to evaluate three types of effects in environmental reviews: (i) direct effects, which are “caused by the action and occur at the same time and place;” (ii) indirect effects, which are “caused by the action and are later in time or farther removed in distance, but are still reasonably foreseeable;” and (iii) cumulative effects, …

This handbook is intended to assist practitioners in assessing indirect effects and cumulative impacts in the evaluation of transportation projects under ...

09.11.2021 · the 1978 nepa regulations defined “indirect” effects to include effects “caused by an action” that are “later in time or farther removed in distance, but are still reasonably foreseeable.” “cumulative impacts” were defined as an “impact which results from the incremental effect of the action when added to other past, present, and reasonably …

those effects are direct, indirect, or cumulative.29 A. Direct and Indirect Effects The Supreme Court has indicated that the scope of an agency’s authority may also play a role in determining whether indirect effects must be considered under NEPA. In U.S. Department of Transportation. v.

21.07.2020 · On July 16, 2020, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published its long-awaited final rule to amend its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), introducing important changes to the 40-year-old review process. The statute requires federal agencies to take a “hard look” at the environmental impacts of certain …

23.07.2020 · Elimination of Indirect Effects and Cumulative Impacts Analysis. ... A “but for” causal relationship is insufficient to make an agency responsible for a particular effect under NEPA, ...

Elimination of “Indirect” Effects and “Cumulative Impacts” Analysis. The most significant and far-reaching proposed revision to the NEPA ...

The proposed regulations purport to streamline the existing regulations and make significant changes to the definitions of direct, indirect, and ...

Note that CEQ’s additional proposed removal of “indirect effects” from the proposed §1508.1(g) definition of “effects or impacts” (also discussed in the next section) likewise creates threshold NEPA applicability issues. An effect cannot be “significant” …

Indirect effects Any project regardless of NEPA classification may have indirect effects. These should be assessed and described alongside direct effects. This is consistent with both the 1978 and the 2020 versions of the CEQ NEPA regulations. Cumulative effects The level of the environmental document being prepared will dictate whether a ...

Elimination of the requirement to consider "cumulative effects" and removing any reference to "indirect effects.

Assessing Indirect Effects and Cumulative Impacts under NEPA This handbook is intended to assist practitioners in assessing indirect effects and cumulative impacts in the evaluation of transportation projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Indirect effects may include growth inducing effects and other effects related to induced changes in the pattern of land use, population density or growth rate, ...

The implementing regulations for NEPA [CEQ regulations (40CFR -- 1500 -1508)] require federal agencies to consider the effects of their actions, including ...

stating environmental effects may result not ... on project-specific impacts, NEPA provides the ... direct effects and indirect effects (those that.

indirect, and cumulative effects and ascertaining the possible significance ... NEPA requires that an agency discuss the environmental effects of a.

Indirect Impacts: Impacts caused by the action, but that are later in time or farther removed in distance but are still reasonably foreseeable; Cumulative ...

The CEQ regulations (40 CFR §§ 1500 -1508) define the impacts and effects that must be addressed and considered by Federal agencies in satisfying the requirements of the NEPA process. This includes direct, indirect and cumulative impacts: Direct effectsare caused by the action and occur at the same time and place. (40 CFR § 1508.8)