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The Role of NEPA in the Intermountain States Testimonies

The Role of NEPA in the Intermountain States
House Committee on Resources Hearings
August 1, 2005

Click on the link to read testimonies before the House Task Force on Improving NEPA.

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House Task Force Hears Testimony on Improving Decades-Old Environmental Law
Michael Coulter
Environment & Climate News
August 1, 2005

This article reports on the new U.S. House of Representatives task force charged with reviewing NEPA. The article discusses...

Shovel This: Senate Acknowledges NEPA is a Problem for Infrastructure
Ross Eisenberg
The Chamber Post
February 6, 2009

This article discusses the average time spent on litigation by projects that trigger NEPA...

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Analysis Report White Paper

Abdication or Delegation? Congress, the Bureaucracy, and the Delegation Dilemma
Matthew D. McCubbins
Regulation, Vol.22, No.2
1999

McCubbins discusses the issue of Congress delegating legislative authority to the executive branch, and particularly the...

Damage Done? The Status of NEPA after Winter v. NRDC and Answers to Lingering Questions Left Open by the Court
William S. Eubanks II, Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal
Vermont Law Review, Vol.33, No.4
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Farmers and Ranchers Have Stake in Healthy Forests
Stewart Truelson
El Defensor Chieftain
January 20, 2003

This commentary discusses the views of the American Farm Bureau Federation on NEPA and its concern that NEPA, by paralyzing effective forest management...

Issues in NEPA Litigation
William Cohen
Washington School of Law, American University
August 25, 2008

This is a compilation of nearly every relevant court ruling related to NEPA.

The NEPA Task Force Report to the Council on Environmental Quality: Modernizing NEPA Implementation
NEPA Task Force
Council on Environmental Quality
September 2003

A task force reviewed NEPA implementing practices and procedures in the following areas: technology and...

The National Environmental Policy Act: A Study of Its Effectiveness After Twenty-Five Years
Council on Environmental Quality
January 1997

Unsurprisingly, this government study of NEPA, by the government office charged with implementing NEPA, finds NEPA is a success.  The study's major...

The Birth of the Property Rights Movement
Steven J. Eagle
Policy Analysis, No. 558
December 15, 2005

Eagle focues on property rights in the piece, but references NEPA on pages 28 and 29 and how Takings Impact Assessment Statutes at the state level...

Transportation Invest In Our Future: Accelerating Project Delivery
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
August 2007

This report details the impediments that NEPA and...

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"The FTA's guide to becoming an effective and constructive participant in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process."

 

NEPA Citizen's Guide
September 24, 2008

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NEPA Handbook
Bureau of Land Management
January 2008

The handbook was revised in 2008 in an effort to streamline NEPA and reduce the costs of implementation.

 

To declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man.

The Role of NEPA in the Intermountain States
House Committee on Resources Hearings
August 1, 2005

Click on the link to read testimonies before the House Task Force on Improving NEPA.

Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council
United States Supreme Court
No. 07–1239
November 12, 2008

The Natural Resources Defense Council held that the Navy's use of "mid-frequency active" (MFA) sonar during training exercises in the waters off southern California...

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