A Military Readiness Exception to NEPA: It's Not Just For The Birds

Abstract

To facilitate effective and efficient military training, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) should be amended to provide for an exemption for military readiness activities. Although NEPA was enacted for the laudable purpose of improving environmental review and planning, the Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) produced under NEPA have often become unwieldy and over-burdensome, especially for activities involving military training. It is time to reconsider whether a process that was never intended to generate thousands of pages of paperwork has become unworkable in the context of military preparedness and training.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 20, 2012
Accession Number
ADA567640

Entities

People

  • Gretchen D. Sosbee

Organizations

  • George Washington University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Endangered Species
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Natural Resources
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Seabed
  • Training
  • United States

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