Application of the National Environmental Policy Act to U.S. Participation in Actions of International Financial Institutions: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Hazardous Wastes and Toxic Substances of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, June 16, 1988, Volume 4 |
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... question whether the Symms amendment is workable and whether it would meet its intended goal of promoting environmentally sustainable development . I recently chaired two very informative hearings before the Foreign Relations 6 of the ...
... question whether the Symms amendment is workable and whether it would meet its intended goal of promoting environmentally sustainable development . I recently chaired two very informative hearings before the Foreign Relations 6 of the ...
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... questions . Over 40 new staff positions have been created and additional staff years have been added through the substantial consultancy budget . However , I believe that the description I will share with you this morning should be ...
... questions . Over 40 new staff positions have been created and additional staff years have been added through the substantial consultancy budget . However , I believe that the description I will share with you this morning should be ...
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... question of an environmental issue , there was always a section devoted specifically to the envi- ronmental implications of the project at hand . I would say in terms of support from other governments for the U.S. Government's ...
... question of an environmental issue , there was always a section devoted specifically to the envi- ronmental implications of the project at hand . I would say in terms of support from other governments for the U.S. Government's ...
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... question of NEPA's extrater- ritorial application . I was privileged to serve on that Committee by appointment of Russell Train who was then the CEQ chairman . A decade later , I became involved with these kinds of environmental impact ...
... question of NEPA's extrater- ritorial application . I was privileged to serve on that Committee by appointment of Russell Train who was then the CEQ chairman . A decade later , I became involved with these kinds of environmental impact ...
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... question . Do American executive directors today have an environmental as- sessment or an environmental impact ... question . What we need to do is bring the policies into a more applied set- ting at the level of the multilateral ...
... question . Do American executive directors today have an environmental as- sessment or an environmental impact ... question . What we need to do is bring the policies into a more applied set- ting at the level of the multilateral ...
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African Development Bank amendment application of NEPA applying NEPA appropriate assistance Bank's Barber Conable borrowing countries Botswana Chairman Congress conservation Council on Environmental decision developing countries development projects EIA procedures ensure environmental assessment environmental concerns environmental effects environmental impact assessment environmental impact statement environmental issues Environmental Policy Act Environmental Quality environmental reforms environmental review Executive Order federal agencies foreign Fund goals guidelines implementation Inter-American Development Bank International Development international financial institutions involved Larry Williams Legal Advisory Committee legislation lending MALPASS MDB loans MDB projects MDB's ment multilateral banks multilateral development banks National Environmental Policy natural resources NEPA applied NEPA process NEPA standards NEPA's non-governmental organizations prepare problems promote environmental Section Senator BAUCUS Senator SYMMS Sierra Club sustainable development Thank Third World Treasury Department U.S. agencies U.S. Executive Directors U.S. Government U.S. participation UNEP United World Bank World Wildlife Fund
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Page 74 - State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfil the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.
Page 99 - ... recognize the worldwide and longrange character of environmental problems, and, where consistent with the foreign policy of the United States, lend appropriate support to initiatives, resolutions, and programs designed to maximize international cooperation in anticipating and preventing a decline in the quality of mankind's world environment...
Page 133 - ... export licenses or permits or export approvals, and actions relating to nuclear activities except actions providing to a foreign nation a nuclear production or utilization facility as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or a nuclear waste management facility; (vi) votes and other actions in international conferences and organizations; (vii) disaster and emergency relief action.
Page 145 - Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1.
Page 131 - States, and represents the United States government's exclusive and complete determination of the procedural and other actions to be taken by Federal agencies to further the purpose of the National Environmental Policy Act* with respect to the environment outside the United States, its territories and possessions.
Page 152 - When information provided as part of an EIA indicates that the environment within another State is likely to be significantly affected by a proposed activity, the State in which the activity is being planned should, to the extent possible: (a) Notify the potentially affected State of the proposed activity; (b) Transmit to the potentially affected State any relevant information from the EIA...
Page 145 - SECTION 1. 1-1. Purpose and Scope. The purpose of this Executive Order is to enable responsible officials of Federal agencies having ultimate responsibility for authorizing and approving actions encompassed by this Order to be informed of pertinent environmental considerations and to take such considerations into account, with other pertinent considerations of national policy, in making decisions regarding such actions.
Page 132 - Federal actions significantly affecting the environment of a foreign nation which provide to that nation: (1) a product, or physical project producing a principal product or an emission or effluent, which is prohibited or strictly regulated by Federal law in the United States because its toxic effects on the. environment create a serious public health risk; or...
Page 131 - Section 2-4(a): (a) major Federal actions significantly affecting the environment of the global commons outside the jurisdiction of any nation (eg, the oceans or Antarctica...
Page 113 - Assessment (1) The Contracting Parties undertake that proposals for any activity which may significantly affect the natural environment shall as far as possible be subjected to an assessment of their consequences before they are adopted, and they shall take into consideration the results of this assessment in their decision-making process. (2) In those cases where any such activities are undertaken, the Contracting Parties shall plan and carry them out so as to overcome or minimize any assessed adverse...