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negative declaration

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negative declaration n. a finding by a city council or other local government that a proposed development or project would have no effect on the environment and therefore the developer need not prepare and file an "environmental impact report." (See: environmental impact report, EIR)


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In lieu of preparing a comprehensive environmental report, the city has conducted an initial study, a negative declaration, which Shapiro asserts is insufficient.
There is also the possibility of a mitigated negative declaration.
Judge York of the Manhattan Supreme Court found that these changes should have caused the City to conduct and issue an environmental impact study, instead of issuing a negative declaration that Local Law 38 would have no negative affect on environmental threats to human health.
 
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