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This court provided two measures for use in determining
whether a project has significant effects:
1. the extent to which the proposed action will cause
adverse effects in excess of those created by
existing uses in the area affected by it
2. the absolute quantitative [emphasis added] adverse
environmentalefectsof the action, including the
cumulative harm that results from its contribution
to the existing adverse conditions or uses in the
affected areas.16
On the definition of the human environment, the courts
have generally concluded that the human environment extends
beyond such natural elements as plants, animals, soil, water,
and air. One court expressed it thusly:
The National Environmental Policy Act contains no exhaus-
tive list of so called 'environmental considerations,'
but without questions its aims extend beyond sewage and
garbage and even beyond water and air pollution . . . .
The Act must be construed to include protection of the
quality of life for city residents. Noise, traffic,
overburdened mass transportation systems, crime, con-
gestion, and even the Tailability of drugs all affect
the human environment.
Judicial Interpretations of Contents
Numerous questions have arisen as to how and to what
degree agencies examine the seven basic areas set forth in
the CEQ Guidelines (see pages 41 and 42) and describe them
in the environmental impact statement. These answers are
emerging from court cases challenging NEPA and the adequacy
of impact statements.
16Ibid.
17Handy v. Mitchell, 460 F 2d. 640, 4 ERC 1152.
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Thibodeaux, Mary Shepherd. The state of the art in environmental pollution control and impact analysis, dissertation, May 1976; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332517/m1/54/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .