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•Federally subsidized semiconductor firms receive special exemption from environmental regulation
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The Building Chips in America Act exempts firms receiving CHIPS and Science Act funding from complying with the National Environmental Policy Act ( NEPA ) The bill's passage was praised by the Semiconductor Industry Association , which includes Intel , Micron , Samsung , and Taiwan Semiconductors .
The Sierra Club urges President Biden to veto the bill.
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https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2228https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/nepapub/nepa_documents/RedDont/Req-NEPA.pdfhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/09/fact-sheet-chips-and-science-act-will-lower-costs-create-jobs-strengthen-supply-chains-and-counter-china/https://reason.org/commentary/growing-agreement-that-government-regulations-are-driving-up-the-costs-of-vital-infrastructure/https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2024/10/environmental-public-health-groups-urge-biden-veto-microchip-bill-threatenshttps://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R47523.pdfhttps://www.epa.gov/pfas/key-epa-actions-address-pfashttps://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/4336ehttps://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/biden-signs-bill-exempting-some-semiconductor-factories-new-environmental-2024-10-02/https://reason.org/author/marc-scribner/https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:15%20section:4652%20edition:prelim)
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