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Settlement Forces BLM To Stop "Categorical Exemptions" In Grazing Permits
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08/28/2009 The BLM has just instructed all staff to stop using "categorical exclusions" to avoid environmental analysis of grazing permits and vegetation treatments on 160+ million acres of federal public lands across the West.
The new Instruction Memorandum is part of a court-approved settlement of our lawsuit challenging the Bush Administration's August 2007 adoption of a new "categorical exclusion policy," which purported to authorize BLM to sidestep NEPA's requirements in grazing management.
READ THE INSTRUCTION MEMORANDUM HERE.
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