The National Environmental Policy Act (1969) made all federal agencies responsible for analyzing any activity of theirs "significantly affecting the quality of the human environment." Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) are the...

The U.S. National Environmental Policy Act of 1970 (NEPA) requires that all federal agencies prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prior to making decisions that could have a significant impact on the environment. An EIS includes a...

A report prepared to assess the expected effects, both positive and negative, of a proposed project. While the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) restricted the requirement of an environmental impact statement to federal projects, many state and...

When a federal agency takes the position that a proposed project or action will not have a significant impact on the environment, it must prepare and circulate a mini-EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) and a finding of no significant impact...

According to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) whenever the US Federal Government takes a "major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment" it must first consider the environmental impact in a document called...

by Emmett B. Moore. Columbus, OH: Battelle Press. 2000. Paperback. 162 pages. $19.95. ISBN 1-57477-092-6. During the 30-plus years that have elapsed since its enactment, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (P. L. 91-516) and its embedded requirement for environmental...

A coalition of environmental and civic groups blasted Maryland's 10,000-page environmental impact statement for the intercounty connector, threatening more legal challenges to a highway project that has been on the drawing board for 50 years. Michael Replogle, transportation director for Environmental Defense, called...

Long-term management plans for national forests will no longer go through a formal environmental impact statement, the U.S. Forest Service announced Tuesday.The Forest Service said writing the 15-year plans has no effect on the environment, making the impact statements unnecessary. That conclusion was based on...

Regional Plan Association conference, suggested the present Governor's political patronage had led to labor-management strife at the M.T.A., if not the actual strike in December: For much of their history, organizations such as the M.T.A., the Port Authority, New York state's own transportation department...