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life." The Minnesota EIS must include an assessment of the
"impact on state government of any Federal controls associated
with the proposed actions" and a disucssion of the "multistate
responsibilities associated with the proposed actions."37
California (the first state to have such a requirement),
Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Virginia require
that the EIS include a discussion of the mitigation measures
proposed to minimize the impact of the project.
The Suggested State Environmental Policy Act, the
California law, and the Montana act require an analysis of the
"growth-inducing impact of the proposed action."38 A sig-
nificant addition to NEPA is the inclusion of the economic
impact of proposed actions. Connecticut, Michigan, Minnesota,
Montana, and Wisconsin have adopted this requirement. CEQ's
guidelines specify only that an impact statement deal with
"changed patterns of social and economic activities" in a
discussion of the secondary consequences of a proposal.39
Applicability to State, Local, and Private Projects
Just as NEPA requires impact statements from federal
agencies, all of the state laws require impact statements
for major actions undertaken directly by state agencies.
However, the state plans differ greatly in their application
to local government actions and to private activities which
37Ibid. 38Ibid. 39Ibid.
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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/m1/65/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .