The proposed regulations would specify
procedures that would need to be followed by any person or persons
organizing a nongovern- mental expedition to or within Antarctica
in evaluating the potential environmental impacts of their
activities. These proposed regulations include the considerations
and elements relevant to environmental documentation of the
evaluation, as well as procedures for submission of environmental
documentation to allow EPA to review whether the evaluation would
meet the obligations set forth in the proposed regulations and the
requirements of Annex I of the Protocol on
Environmental...
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