Judicial Review under NEPA -- Lessons for Users of Various Approaches to Environmental Impact Assessment.

Abstract

A review of judicial guidance based on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was conducted relative to several key aspects of the use of various approaches to environmental impact assessment. Specifically, judicial guidance was summarized on (a) treatment of conflicting professional opinions in environmental impact statements, (b) documentation of the planning and decisionmaking process, (c) quantification of environmental impacts, (d) consideration of alternatives in environmental impact statements, and (e) the composition and operation of interdisciplinary teams conducting environmental assessments. In addition to discussions of the boundaries of judicial review relative to each of the five specific topics, NEPA itself is discussed, and recommendations for users of various environmental analysis approaches are made. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA081652

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Liroff

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Congress
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Drainage Basins
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Environmental Law
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Gases
  • Governments
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Recreation
  • United States
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.