TagNEPA(39)
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2026-03-02 11:39Procedure, Preemption, and Persistent Noise: Why Aviation Law Struggles to Address Community Harm
Legal analysis examining how federal aviation law’s emphasis on procedure and preemption fails to adequately address community concerns about aircraft noise impacts. Discusses the limitations of DNL metrics, FAA’s Neighborhood Environmental Survey findings, and recent changes to environmental justice requirements. -
2026-01-08 13:55CEQ Scoping for Cumulative Effects
This document outlines principles and steps for conducting cumulative effects analysis in environmental impact assessments. It covers identifying cumulative effects issues, establishing geographic and temporal boundaries, and determining which effects are important from a cumulative perspective. https://ceq.doe.gov/docs/ceq-publications/ccenepa/sec2.pdf -
2026-01-08 12:06Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Climate Promise, Legal Structure, and the Community Gap
Legal analysis from Steve Taber @ Leech Tishman examining how Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) addresses climate goals through federal tax incentives and production targets, while highlighting the gap between SAF’s global climate benefits and local community impacts like noise and air quality that remain unaddressed. -
2026-01-07 13:10Introduction to Cumulative Effects Analysis
This document introduces the concept of cumulative environmental effects analysis under NEPA, explaining how multiple minor actions can combine to create significant environmental impacts. It defines cumulative effects as impacts resulting from incremental effects of actions combined with past, present, and future actions, and discusses the purpose and implementation of cumulative effects analysis by federal -
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2025-12-08 00:00Des Moines Airport Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda and Minutes
Airport Advisory Committee meeting agenda for December 8, 2025, including items on SAMP updates, StART meeting updates, complaints/communications, and committee work plan. Responses on noise complaint from Laurel Hughes. Also includes minutes from the November 10, 2025 meeting with discussion of Q&A with Steve Edmiston and various airport-related updates. -
2025-12-08 00:00Airport Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda and Minutes
Airport Advisory Committee meeting agenda for December 8, 2025, including items on SAMP updates, StART meeting updates, complaints/communications, and committee workplan. Also includes minutes from the November 10, 2025 meeting with discussion of Q&A with Steve Edmiston and various airport-related updates. -
2025-10-24 14:42Permitting Reform in Action: CEQ Updates Roadmap for Agency NEPA Compliance
Permitting Reform in Action CEQ Updates Roadmap for Agency Highlights The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) on Sept. 29, 2025, issued new, nonbinding guidance to assist federal agencies with implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), updating the prior memorandum that CEQ had issued in February 2025 in light of recent case law and -
2025-10-23 01:15Ep #12 The Westside Hilltop Survival Committee
The Airport Communities Podcast Last week we talked about how the SAMP EA can say that the air quality is within standards. There was this (brief) ‘golden age’ of NEPA where you could get pollutants reviewed and problems fixed. It made dramatic improvements to the environment and public health. This week, we start providing some -
2025-10-16 22:12
Ep #11 No Data? No Problem.
The Airport Communities Podcast Last week we answered a series of questions from the previous week. (We get many of the same questions every week.) We had intended to talk about the Port of Seattle’s recent SAMP Webinar, but host JC came across the book Particles of Truth at a recent UWDEOHS seminar on community