Draft CEQ Guidance on Consideration of Effects of Climate Change and GHG Emissions
{"Image DocumentName": "Draft CEQ Guidance on Consideration of Effects of Climate Change and GHG Emissions", "Image ImageDescription": "Covers both GHG emissions and climate change analysis. For GHG Impacts. Establishes a 25,000 metric ton CO2 level for detailed analysis of GHG emissions (not a threshold of significance ) Encourages evaluation of up-stream and down-stream impacts and life-cycle impacts , but only those that are reasonably foreseeable. GHG impact analysis should rely on rule of reason Mitigation measures and alternatives should attempt to reduce GHG impacts. NEPA documents should evaluate energy requirements and conservation potential. NEPA documents should analyze applicable federal, state and local GHG and energy conservation goals. CEQ is releasing draft guidance for public comment on when and how Federal agencies must consider greenhouse gas emissions and climate change in their proposed actions. CEQ has been asked to provide guidance on this subject informally by Federal agencies and formally by a petition under the Administrative Procedure Act. The draft guidance explains how Federal agencies should analyze the environmental impacts of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change when they describe the environmental impacts of a proposed action under NEPA. It provides practical tools for agency reporting, including a presumptive threshold of 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from the proposed action to trigger a quantitative analysis, and instructs agencies how to assess the effects of climate change on the proposed action and their design. The draft guidance does not apply to land and resource management actions and does not propose to regulate greenhouse gases. CEQ received public comment on this guidance for 90 days. February 2010.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}