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CED-77-123 1 (1977-09-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaacqa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 03425 - [P.24936241 Environmental Reviews Done by Communities: Are They Needed? Are They Adequate? CED-77-123; B-171630. Septerber 1, 1977. 25 pp. + 6 appendices (9 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: rcmestic Housing and Community Development (2100); Domestic Housing and Community Development: Assisting Urban Communities to Prevent and Eliminate Blight and Deterioration (2102) ,Environmental Protection Programs: National !nviroiuentai Policy Act of 1969 (2205). Contact: Community and Economic Development Div. Budget Function: Community and Regional Development: Community Development (451). Organizaticn Concerned: council on Environmental Quality; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Department of Housing and Urban Development; Environmental Protection Agency. Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Congress. Authority: National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, title I (42 U.S.C. 5301 (Supp. V)). Communities receiving community development block grants are perforuing environmental reviews for projects which affect the eL.ircrment little, if at all. Findings/Conclusions: An examination of 26 communities which spent about $214,000 on 450 environmental reviews during the first year of the community development program indicated that reviews of about 54% of the projects may have been unnecessary. Environmental reviews may not be needed for such community development activities as social service projects, minor maintenance OL repair projects, beautificaticn prcjects, and rehabilitation or renovation of occupied structures. On the other hand, some communities are not effecti-ely carrying oat the environmental responsibilities delegated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Recommendations: To make the environmental review process e&sier and to make sure that communities carry out their responsibilities, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should: work with the Council on Environmental Quality to identify and exenpt from review those insignificant types of projects whlch do not need environmental reviews; clarify and ex~ind the Department's environmental review procedures, particularly the scope of environmental reviews required by communities; establish a mandatory environmental review format for communities to use; emphasize training of community environmentalists; and revise the Department0s monitoring procedures so communities' envizonmental reviews are evaluated in depth. (Author/SC)

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