Appendix 4: State 'Mini-NEPAs' and Other State Environmental Review Requirements

• Author: Nicholas C. Yost
• Pages: 63-65

State “Mini-NEPAs” and Other State Environmental Review Requirements Page 63

State “Mini-NEPAs” and

Other State Environmental Review Requirements

States with Environmental Policy Acts

Fifteen states, t he District of Columbia , and Puerto Rico have environmental policy act s or “little NEPAs.”

State Citation

ArkansasArk. Stat. Ann. §8-1-101 (1987)

CaliforniaCal. Pub. Res. Code §§21000 et seq. (West 1982)

ConnecticutConn. Gen. Stat. Ann. §§22a-14 to 22a-20 (West Supp. 1974-1975)

District of

Columbia

D.C. Code Ann. 1981 §§6-981 et seq.

HawaiiHawaii Rev. Stat. §§343-1 to 343-8 (1985)

IndianaInd. Code Ann. §§13-1-10-1 to 13-1-10-8 (West 1987)

MarylandMd. Nat. Res. Code Ann. §§1-301 to 1-305 (1983 and Supp. 1987)

MassachusettsMass. Gen. Laws Ann. Ch. 30, §§61-62H

MinnesotaMinn. Stat. Ann. §§116D.01 et seq. (West 1977 and Supp. 1981)

MontanaMont. Code Ann. §§75-1-101 to -105; §75-1-201 (1981)

New YorkN.Y. Envtl. Conserv. Law §§8-0101 to 8-0117 (McKinney 1984)

North

Carolina

N.C. Gen. Stat. §§113A-1 to 10 (1978)

Puerto RicoP.R. Laws Ann. Tit. 12, §§1121-1127

South DakotaS.D. Codied Laws Ann. §§34A-9-1 to 34A-9-12

VirginiaVa. Code §§10.1-1200 through 10.1-1212 (Subject to redenition by the Virginia General As-

sembly in 1992)

WashingtonWash. Rev. Code §§43.21C.010-43.21C.910 (1974); Wash. Admin. Code R. 197-11

WisconsinWis. Stat. §§1.11 et seq.; Department of Natural Resources WEPA rules are found in Wis.

Admin. Code NR 150.01-40

States With Limited Environmental Review Requirements Established by

Statute, Executive Order, or Other Administrative Directives

Eighteen states and t he District of Columbia h ave limited environ mental rev iew requirements e stablished by stat-

ute, Executive Order, or other administr ative directives.

State Requirement

Arizona An Executive Order mandates that the Governor’s Commission on Arizona Environment

evaluate environmental problems, make recommendations to the Governor, and establish

a clearinghouse for the exchange of information relating to environmental problems and

their solutions.

ArkansasIn addition to a “little NEPA,” Ark. Code Ann. §15-41-108 provides that the Arkansas Game

and Fish Commission must prepare an EIS for cutting timber on Commission land.