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Symposium on NEPA at Twenty: The Past, the Present and Future of the National Environmental Policy Act

Author
Various Authors
Journal/Series
Environmental Law | Vol. 20, no 3; 447 - 810; 364 p.
Date
1990
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-043861)
Publisher | Place of publication
Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College | Portland, OR, USA
Document type
Article in periodical
Language
English
Country/Territory
United States of America
Subject
Mineral resources, Water, Environment gen., Energy, Forestry
Keyword
Policy/planning Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings EIA Freshwater resources management Forest management/forest conservation Comprehensive description
Abstract

Contents: 1. The National Environmental Policy Act at twenty: a preface 2. NEPA at twenty: mimicry and recruitment in environmental law 3. Perspectives on NEPA in the courts 4. NEPA 's promise partially fulfilled 5. Is the supreme court hostile to NEPA? some possible explanations for a 12-0 Record 6. Judicial enforcement of NEPA -inspired promises 7. Understanding interdependence in the natural environment: some thoughts on cumulative impact assessment under the National Environmental Policy Policy Act 8. NEPA and private rights in public mineral resources: the fee complex relative? 9. NEPA 's impacts on federal agencies, anticipated and unanticipated 10. Observations on the transformation of the forest service: the effects of the National Environmental Policy Act on U.S. Forest Service decision making 11. NEPA as it was meant to be: NCAP v. Block, herbicides, and region 6 Forest Service 12. Small handles, big impacts: when do Corps permits federalize private development 13. NEPA at energy: an exercise in legal narrative 14. The myth of mitigation under NEPA and SEPA 15. A note on environmental impact assessment in Canada