Connected actions definition

Connected actions means actions that “are closely related and therefore should be discussed in the same impact statement.” Id. § 1508.25(a)(1). Connected actions must be considered together in order to preclude an agency from “divid[ing] a project into several smaller actions, each of which might have an insignificant environmental impact when considered in isolation, but which taken as a whole have a substantial impact.” Northwest Resource Info. Ctr., Inc. v. National Marine Fisheries Serv., 56 F.3d 1060, 1068 (9th Cir. 1995). Similarly, “cumulative actions” are those “which when viewed with other proposed actions have cumulatively significant impacts and should therefore be discussed in the same impact statement.” 40 C.F.R. § 1508.25(a)(2). Moreover, “similar actions” are those “which when viewed with other reasonably foreseeable or proposed agency actions, have similarities that provide a basis for evaluating their environmental consequences together, such as common timing or geography.” Id. § 1508.25(a)(3). “An agency impermissibly ‘segments’ NEPA review when it divides connected, cumulative, or similar federal actions into separate projects and thereby fails to address the true scope and impact of the activities that should be under consideration.” Del. Riverkeeper Network v. FERC, 753 F.3d 1304, 1313 (D.C. Cir. 2014) (internal quotation marks omitted).

Connected actions means actions that “are closely related and therefore should be discussed in the same impact statement.” Id. at § 1508.25(a)(1). Connected actions must be considered together in order to preclude an agency from “divid[ing] a project into several smaller actions, each of which might have an insignificant environmental impact when considered in

Connected actions which means they are closely related and therefore should be discussed in the same impact statement; (2) “cumulative actions,” which when viewed with other proposed actions have cumulatively significant impacts and should therefore be discussed in the same impact statement, and (3) “similar actions,” which when viewed with other reasonably foreseeable or proposed agency actions, have similarities that provide a basis for evaluating their environmental consequences together, such as common timing or geography.” 40 CFR § 1508.25(a).

Examples of Connected actions in a sentence

• Connected actions, which means that they are closely related and therefore should be discussed in the same impact statement.

• Connected actions include actions that “automatically trigger” other actions which may require EISs, actions that “cannot or will not proceed unless other actions are taken previously or simultaneously,” and actions that are “interdependent parts of a larger action and depend on the larger action for their justification.” Id.

• Connected actions are actions that “(i) Automatically trigger other actions which may require environmental impact statements; (ii) Cannot or will not proceed unless other actions are taken previously or simultaneously; [or] (iii) Are interdependent parts of a larger action and depend on the larger action for their justification.” Id. § 1508.25(a)(1).

• Connected actions are those that “[a]utomatically trigger other actions which may require environmental impact statements,” “[c]annot or will not proceed unless other actions are taken previously or simultaneously,” or “[a]re interdependent parts of a larger action and depend on the larger action for their justification.” Id.

• Connected actions are closely related actions that: (a) automatically trigger other actions; (b) cannot or will not proceed unless other actions are taken previously or simultaneously; or (c) are interdependent parts of a larger action and depend on the larger action for their justification (see 40 CFR § 1508.25(a)(1), CEQ Regulations).

• Connected actions and other proposed actions or parts of proposed actions that are related to each other closely enough to be, in effect, a single course of action must be evaluated in the same EA or EIS (see 40 CFR §§ 1502.4(a) and 1508.25(a)(1), CEQ Regulations).

• Connected actions are the basis of the environmental analysis from which leasing decisions would be made.

• Connected actions are closely related actions that the Forest Service must discuss in the same impact statement.

• Connected actions are closely related and therefore should be discussed in the same impact statement.

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More Definitions of Connected actions

Connected actions means that they are closely related and therefore should be discussed in the same impact statement. Actions are connected if they: