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Kirsten Engel: “Arizona does not have a nepa, no National Environmental…”

Featuring: Kirsten Engel, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 6

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Distinguished Environmental Lecture: Kirsten Engel

Published | Video Starts at 27:42

So in Arizona's own state program, they brought in some more surface waters that were a little bit on the edge and some wetlands, but they left out the ephemeral waters. Arizona does not have a nepa, no National Environmental Policy Act. So that means that again, the state is very reliant on the federal government. In order to have some kind of project that is going to disturb the environment, in … (27:42–27:48)

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Asserts that Arizona does not have a state-level equivalent to the National Environmental Policy Act.

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