加州总检察长邦塔领衔21方致信美国邮政：反对撤销其《国家环境政策法》实施规则
加州总检察长 Rob Bonta 11月9日在 Oakland 宣布，他共同领衔一个由21名总检察长、市与县组成的联盟，向美国邮政（USPS）提交评论信，反对 USPS 削弱《国家环境政策法》（NEPA）实施的临时最终规则。
这项规则撤销了 USPS 大部分 NEPA 实施规则，代之以无约束力的内部程序：删去关键条款、压缩公众参与 NEPA 审查的空间，并为多类行动设立宽泛的类别排除，包括燃料效率与排放相当或更优的车辆购置与燃料转换、现有设施的购置或出售等，除非 USPS 认定存在特殊情形。联盟在信中要求 USPS 撤回这项临时最终规则，称其将导致对全国重大联邦行动环境影响的决策缺乏充分依据。
Bonta 说：「NEPA 的保护，是为了确保联邦开发不损害我们环境的安全、福祉与可持续性，也不损害生活其中的居民。当环境影响被忽视、关键意见被排除在决策过程之外时，承受负担的是我们的社区。」他说，缺乏依据的决策表现为污染的空气、受损的水源和传给后代的更大气候风险，联盟敦促特朗普政府立即撤回该规则，落实以透明与公众问责为先的 NEPA 核心条款。
联盟在信中提出两点主要理由：其一，替代原规则的无约束力程序不符合 NEPA 的法律要求与立法目的，不要求 USPS 让所有可能受影响的州、部落与地方政府对 NEPA 审查草案发表意见，削弱了各州与公众评估和参与决策的能力，且无约束力程序可被单方面修改，各州须承担更重的评估负担；其二，规则设立的多个类别排除写得过于宽泛，把需要逐案分析环境影响的行动也包括在内。
NEPA 于1969年制定，要求联邦机构充分分析并公开披露拟议联邦行动的环境影响，并找出可行的替代方案。加州总检察长办公室表示，USPS 这项临时最终规则于2026年9月25日公布，是特朗普政府配合「释放美国能源」行政令削弱 NEPA 审查的举措之一。
与 Bonta 共同领衔的还有纽约州总检察长 Letitia James 与华盛顿州总检察长 Nicholas W. Brown；联署的总检察长来自科罗拉多州、康涅狄格州、特拉华州、伊利诺伊州、缅因州、马里兰州、马萨诸塞州、密歇根州、明尼苏达州、新泽西州、新墨西哥州、俄勒冈州、佛蒙特州、弗吉尼亚州、威斯康星州与华盛顿特区，另有得克萨斯州哈里斯县检察官与纽约市法团律师。
（来源：加州总检察长办公室）
Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads 21-Member Coalition Opposing Postal Service Rollback of NEPA Regulations
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced in Oakland on November 9 that he co-led a coalition of 21 attorneys general, cities and counties in submitting a comment letter to the United States Postal Service (USPS) opposing its interim final rule that weakens its implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
The rule rescinds most of USPS's NEPA regulations and replaces them with non-binding internal procedures that omit crucial provisions, curtail public involvement in NEPA reviews, and identify vague and overly broad categorical exclusions from NEPA requirements, including for purchases and fuel conversion of vehicles with comparable or improved relative fuel efficiency and air emissions, and for certain purchase or sale of existing facilities, unless USPS finds extraordinary circumstances apply. The coalition argues USPS should retract the rule, which it says will lead to less-informed decision making about the environmental impacts of major federal actions nationwide.
'NEPA's protections are in place to ensure that federal development does not compromise the safety, wellbeing, or sustainability of our environment and the populations that inhabit it. When environmental impacts are ignored or crucial opinions are left out of the decision-making process, our communities bear the burden,' Bonta said, urging the Trump Administration to withdraw the rule and implement NEPA's core provisions prioritizing transparency and public accountability.
The coalition asserts that the non-binding procedures are contrary to the law and purpose of NEPA, do not require USPS to allow all affected states, Tribal or local governments to comment on draft NEPA reviews, and can be unilaterally altered, shifting an increased evaluation burden onto the states; and that multiple categorical exclusions are drafted too broadly, covering actions that require case-by-case analysis.
Enacted in 1969, NEPA requires federal agencies to analyze and publicly disclose the environmental impacts of proposed federal actions and identify feasible alternatives. The Attorney General's office said USPS published the interim final rule on September 25, 2026, as part of steps under President Trump's 'Unleashing American Energy' executive order.
Bonta co-led the letter with New York Attorney General Letitia James and Washington Attorney General Nicholas W. Brown, joined by the attorneys general of Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia, along with the Harris County Attorney and the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York.
(Source: California Attorney General's Office)
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