Does a "major" federal action that significantly affects the environment have to also be "major in the economic or some other non-environmental sense"?
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The following excerpt is from City of Davis v. Coleman, 521 F.2d 661 (9th Cir. 1975):
15 The circuits have split on the question of whether federal action that significantly affects the environment must also be "major" in an economic or some other nonenvironmental sense to trigger the EIS requirement. We incline to the views expressed in Minnesota Public Interest Research Group v. Butz, 8 Cir. In banc, 1974, 498 F.2d 1314, 1321-22:
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