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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaeeh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AMERICAN \ ENTERPRISE Comment to the Council on Environmental Quality National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions Proposed Rule Docket CEQ-2021-0002 RIN 0331-AA05 Document ID 2021-21867 Federal Register Citation 86 FR 55757 Benjamin Zycher Senior Fellow American Enterprise Institute November 22, 2021 Submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at httDs:/w wwedraritr~avdcmets22 / 0/7/202i - J 67/nationa1l-envirojnmenta[- The revision proposed by the Council on Environmental Quality on October 7, 2021 to the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act would yield harmful outcomes in terms of environmental quality, safety, and the economic costs of capital investments and environmental protection. Accordingly, it is a perverse proposal, and should not be finalized. This comment paper to the Council on Environmental Quality addresses the adverse environmental, safety, and cost effects of the rule proposed on October 7, 2021 to revise the implementing regulations for the National Environmental Policy Act.1 This proposed rule should not be finalized in its current form; instead the final rule published on July 16, 2020, which took effect on September 14, 2020, should be preserved.2 This comment paper is organized as follows: 1 See https:IwwwfedTae istergov/docues/21/10/07/2021-2 867/national environmtapocv-act implementiung-regulaions- revisi ons. 2 See https:/wwwfederairg istr. gov/documets/2020/07/i6/202&- 5179!uprdate -to-the -rgiiations-im lplcemen-ing- t he-procedurah-provisions-of-the-n3ational-e nironnenta. The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) educational organization and does not take institutional positions on any issues. The views expressed in this testimony are those of the author.

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