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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT: BACKGROUND, COSTS AND BENEFITS OF NEPA ANALYSES; THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT: BACKGROUND, COSTS AND BENEFITS OF NEPA ANALYSES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (NEPA): BACKGROUND AND IMPLEMENTATION; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; NEPA AND ITS HISTORY; THE EVOLUTION OF NEPA'S IMPLEMENTATION; DETERMINING WHEN NEPA APPLIES; OVERVIEW OF THE NEPA PROCESS; AGENCY PARTICIPATION IN THE NEPA PROCESS; DEMONSTRATING PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT; THE USE OF NEPA AS AN ''UMBRELLA'' STATUTE. |
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NEPA IMPLEMENTATION AND PROJECT DELAYSCONCLUSION; SELECTED REFERENCES; Chapter 2: NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT: LITTLE INFORMATION EXISTS ON NEPA ANALYSES; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; DATA ON THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF MOST NEPA ANALYSES ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE; LITTLE INFORMATION EXISTS ON THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF COMPLETING NEPA ANALYSES; SOME INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE FREQUENCY AND OUTCOME OF NEPA LITIGATION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY. |
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APPENDIX II. SUMMARY OF FEDERAL NEPA DATA COLLECTION EFFORTSAPPENDIX III. CEQ NEPA TIME FRAME GUIDELINES; APPENDIX IV. SOURCES OF NEPA LITIGATION DATA; INDEX. |
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The goals of the National Environmental Policy Act are to declare a national environmental policy, provide federal agencies with action-forcing provisions intended to ensure that the goals of the policy are implemented, establish the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to provide advice to the President on environmental matters and to monitor the state of the environment, and require the President to submit to Congress an annual report on the state of the environment. This book describes information on the number and type of NEPA analyses; costs and benefits of completing those analyses; an. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United States. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
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National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (United States) |
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Environmental policy -- United States.
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Environmental policy. |
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United States. |
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Environmental policy -- United States -- History.
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Reynolds, Sabrina, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: National Environmental Policy Act 9781633214644 (OCoLC)881446819 |
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9781633214651 (electronic book) |
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1633214656 (electronic book) |
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9781633214644 |
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1633214648 |
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