The National Environmental Policy Act And The North American Free Trade Agreement

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ISBN 13 : 9781331142522
Total Pages : 118 pages
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Download or read book The National Environmental Policy Act and the North American Free Trade Agreement written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The National Environmental Policy Act and the North American Free Trade Agreement: Hearing Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, July 22, 1993 The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:35 a.m. in room 406, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Max Baucus [chairman of the committee] presiding. Present: Senators Baucus, Reid, Chafee, Boxer and Simpson. Opening Statement Of Hon. Max Baucus, U.S. Senator From The State Of Montana Senator Baucus. Any discussion of the National Environmental Policy Act, otherwise known as NEPA, goes to the heart of this committees purpose. In the past, in 1969, NEPA marked the beginning of the modern environmental era. The National Environmental Policy Act is short and sweeping in its breadth, and its stated purpose is to "encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment." In language that anticipates the present discussions of sustainable development, NEPA proposes to "create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans." But this is 1993, and our understanding of the environment has grown. The immediate stimulus for this hearing Judge Charles Ritchie's thought-provoking decision of several weeks ago. He held that NEPA requires the administration to complete an environment impact statement, or an EIS, on the North American Free Trade Agreement before submitting it to Congress. The decision raises important questions about the relations between Congress and the Executive Branch. To see the environment impacts of a trade agreement you need only go to the U.S./Mexican border. In the 1960's, the United States and Mexico negotiated an agreement granting U.S. companies tariff concessions if they assembled products in Mexican border plants for reexport to the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.