XPost: misc.transport.road   
   From: jfc@mit.edu   
      
   In article <1161834352.499071.222920@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,   
   Mike Tantillo  wrote:   
   >If there is any "federal action" needed, than NEPA rules apply, but   
   >that does not mean a full EIS is needed.   
   >   
   >First off, what is a federal action?  Pretty much anything that   
   >requires the federal government to review anything, or if any federal   
   >funding is involved, that is federal action.   
      
   But see the 2004 Supreme Court case _DOT v. Public Citizen_.   
   Environmental review is triggered by a combination of major   
   federal action and discretion on the part of the agency.   
   The DOT was not required to consider pollution by Mexican   
   trucks when making operating rules.   
      
   There was a vaguely similar case on the state level in   
   Connecticut a year or two ago.  The State Traffic Commission   
   was not required to consider environmental impact when   
   granting a curb cut.   
      
      
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