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Analysis: This Supreme Court case could affect how federal agencies consider environmental and climate impact

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J.B. Ruhl : The Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the first major NEPA dispute before the court in 20 years .

He says the case stems from a proposal by a coalition of railway project developers to build an 85-mile rail line in Utah to transport waxy crude oil from wells to the interstate rail network.

The tricky issue has been defining how far out in time, location and causation an agency should project when it analyzes potential effects.

J. B. Ruhl: Courts have expected agencies to consider the effects of their actions more broadly under NEPA .

He says the Seven County Coalition argues that NEPA does not require regulators to study indirect effects outside the agency’s direct control under their permitting authority.

Other interest groups, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce , say the broad-scope version gives agencies effective power to regulate far beyond their delegated permitting authority, he says.

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