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Show ^i*vd>i£isa£aiii» 1086 • v7y But directly undercutting this approach, the Con,ml s s l o n . s b r i e f q u o t o s . " W from testimony of m..;. Schlesinger: Chan-man "We think that it would be a bi„ ».stake to attempt to freight on a sin «Ie environmental report on a single ffchty all of these broader corJdera t.ons; [but] the public has a right to know concerned citizens have the right to know, what the broader future impbcations may be of the cumulative >mpact of a number of such fa teSfe T " than, "*"» "t ea'h iacmty microscopically " 22 us thlSt TteXt thG C o m™^on assures us that it is now preparing «a comnrP LMFBR r r n m e n t a l S U ^ "The tfFBr> ana3^mg the direct impact of the potential plants and the b r o X • Plications of the program » 23 I > *m" this " e n v i V o n m e n P t a ~ e ; £ J * * Parently discuss many of the s Z e kind's" of issues as would a NFPA *+ 7 remains unclear, even after T ^ ' ft ment, whether t L r ! °r a I a r g u - to issue as a N E P A f r Pr° P ° S eS whether t h „ V A s t a t ement and N p P A ? t h e .C°mmission will observe *EPA s requirements as to cont^?! the procedure f« u * V, content s or pxuceaures to be followed for draff mg a n d ^ning the statement Elsewhere in its brief, however th. Commission seems fn „ Iluwever, the e e m s t 0 concede that at 4 8 1 F E D E R A L REPORTER, 2d SERIES ^ % able information, see notP 7Q • , Jta evaluation of ^ t e m a ^ ^ "* tions iS extremely superficial gJ 0 p' tutored eyes T L r? . ' e v e n t o UI»- Pears to c o n c e d T ' L t T t T ^ i t 8 d f 3p" best job possible l c e » * £ " T t he initiated another tZ I has aIready overall e n n X e n S ^ " " * °f t he ^ e d e r P r o ^ S ^ ^ ^ of * • m/rc. e t e x t a t P. 1097 2 2 . gNE P A H e a r i n g s > w p > > a ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 23- Brief for appellees at 14 c> , text at p. 1097 infra. e& aho 24. Brief for appellees at % / original). 36 (emPhasis in 25. /6icf. 26- Id. at 34. 27- Id. at 12, ffM0W„ N E . Pra note 20, at 99 ^A Hearings, su-some point in time a NEPA mtot* ^ r the entire program would [T^ Quired. "MoSt assuredly the A P n ^ not declaring ft. intention'to t . f ^ * detailed statement for thP 'a program." *< In this c o n t e x t V r ; 3 11 mission argues that the program I . . yet reached that stage vvhere " ^ 5 ? statement on the overall prosrrnm A b"eT Tiie,^it her *feeaassiiDbliee oIPrr ° gmr aema.n*inogufuldl [TJhe remote and speculative n a t u l J the project" *o- and the fact that it <l mams uncrystallfced in form and L ? termmed in application," ** lead fl Commission to conclude that a n v . tailed analysis at the present tme of £ overall program, its environmental 1 / f c t s a n d alternatives thereto wouM r t quire the Commission "to look into fif crystal ball"*? a n d ^ °b°e meanin less in terms of content." 28 m e a n i n^ The remainder of this section will fn cus on the Commission's first line of H fense th e . applic a b i I i t y 0f NEPA t technology research and developtem K . ^ Ability ofdffi tutmg an environmental survey" for a NEPA statement. The following section rguummeednnttS-CUtthSeL thttiem ^ing o™f a NEPA ^state2 ment on the overall program." [2J The Commission takes an ,,n necessarily crabbed approach to NEPA 28. Id, at 34. 29- Before turning to the merit. w o , consider two preliminary- W here by the AEC relating Z '^enses ™™d Presents a just chbfe 1 f ""* t h l ' S C a se and whether a n " " ? * OT c o n t r o ^ s y - n d i n g ^ n . S i ^ i r S r ^ n 1 1 3 8 Suing that the case is n l ' . ° a r" AEC mischaracter z e s "^T^^' ^ OS- We are „ „T „ 1 SSUes b e f o re ^ e t h e r ^ t ^ o u l ^ f l e r L c ^ 6 to appropriate funds f^ Congress energy ^ c h n o ^ ^ e r V ™ 1 "^ LMFBR. CertaiX i? a % E ? 1 Q , ? * ment is prepared fr>; « A i j P A state-n n n r n n . ^ d l y s i s l n deciding whether to appropriate more funds fnr th* B^sd„eS M t n a^h f g-;j™S us political in nature OTeraU °S™cy program rather '\,*"T.-?^ " « : - " : ^ - 7 ^ - . * * ; - . . ' ...- ... ... :'. - • '., - ' " --' .'" " '- . } :: - - v - . . v - - - : . v - ^ i |
