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   From: kozelsm@comcast.net   
      
   jfc@mit.edu (John F. Carr) wrote:   
   >   
   > pigsty1953@yahoo.com wrote:   
   >   
   > >I have my doubts about that.   
   > >They are subject to the Federal and State environmental laws whch   
   > >require EIS and those ARE public.   
   >   
   > The tunnel was built in 1930, according to its web page,   
   > long before the federal government was so interested in   
   > regulating everything.  (Also long before the Channel   
   > Tunnel, in response to another article in this thread.   
   > The PR copy for the DWT may be quite old.)   
   >   
   > There are two main types of federal environmental laws.   
   >   
   > The National Environmental Policy Act and related laws   
   > govern federal agency action and federal-aid projects.   
   > You can evade these laws by not involving the federal   
   > government, e.g. by building a toll road, or a privately   
   > financed building.   
      
   Some of the NEPA laws cannot be evaded on a project even if no federal   
   funds are utilized, things such as impacting parklands, wildlife   
   refuges, navigable waterways (even by very small boats), historical   
   lands, national forests, and several other types of resources.  The   
   USDOT normally would require a full NEPA EIS process on such projects.   
      
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