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Richard Pombo: “I believe that NEPA is an extremely valuable tool for the Federal Government and for our bureaucrats out there to make…”

On the recordJune 15, 2004
I believe that NEPA is an extremely valuable tool for the Federal Government and for our bureaucrats out there to make sure that anything that is going forward on public lands has the minimal impact on the environment, and that is what we should do. But in the gentleman's example about someone wanting to build a windmill farm in a pristine site, if that is the case, if someone comes forward with a windmill farm in a pristine site that BLM or Park Service or Forest Service or anyone else says they do not want windmill farms there, they say no.
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Richard Pombo
California
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Discussing the importance of NEPA in environmental protection during a debate on streamlining processes.

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