EPA Raises Concerns Over Corps' Draft 'Segmented' Pipeline NEPA Review

May 6, 2016
EPA is raising concerns over an Army Corps of Engineers review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of a planned oil pipeline crossing four states, echoing environmentalists' longstanding claims that the Corps often narrowly reviews "segments" of the pipeline rather than cumulative impacts of the overall project. "Essentially, we're seeing the Corps once again segment their analysis of the pipeline into a bunch of little pieces," narrowly considering impacts instead of looking at the entire project's potential impacts, one...


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