A project reviewed once is not reviewed again for a change of funding source
What the document says“the Secretary shall ensure that a project that has undergone an environmental review under this section shall not be subject to a duplicative environmental review solely due to the addition, substitution, or reallocation of other sources of Federal assistance, if the scope, scale, and location of the project remain substantially unchanged.”
The section adds a new subsection (f) to section 288 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act requiring the Secretary, so far as practicable and permitted by law, to see that a project already reviewed is not reviewed again simply because federal funding sources are added, swapped, or moved, where the scope, scale, and location stay substantially the same. The Secretary must also provide by regulation for coordinating review responsibilities with other federal agencies, and a project may not be reviewed again where a substantially similar review has been completed by a body designated under section 104(g)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 or one the Secretary finds has equivalent authority. The Secretary must issue rules within a year.
What the document actually says“the Secretary shall ensure that a project that has undergone an environmental review under this section shall not be subject to a duplicative environmental review solely due to the addition, substitution, or reallocation of other sources of Federal assistance, if the scope, scale, and location of the project remain substantially unchanged.”
A project already checked for its effect on nature is not checked twice. Adding or swapping federal money does not trigger a new check. That holds if the project stays much the same in size and place.
A project can draw money from several federal sources. Each could ask for its own study. This says one study is enough.
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