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"Modifying an existing building, the government says, is not the same as constructing a new one, and therefore does not require the same level of scrutiny. What a facility will do once it opens — and what pressures it will put on local water systems, sewers and roads — are questions for later."

projectsaltbox.comIn New Jersey, the Government Makes Its Case Again: No Environmental Review RequiredFederal officials told a New Jersey court Wednesday that environmental law doesn't yet require them to consider what a building will be used for — only what they're doing to it now.

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No private concern would be allowed to say that safety and health concerns "are questions for later." This is total bullshit. And imagine what the GOP reaction would have been if Obama or Biden had said this.