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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW & CASE STUDY: Strengthening the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2011

David L. Keys ,
Larry Canter  and
Robert Senner
David L. Keys*
Affiliation:
Southeast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, St. Petersburg, Florida
Larry Canter
Affiliation:
Environmental Impact Training, Horseshoe Bay, Texas
Robert Senner
Affiliation:
CH2M HILL, Seattle, Washington
*
David L. Keys, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701; (phone) 727-551-5706; (fax) 727-824-5320; (e-mail) [email protected]
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Abstract

The main concept in this article is that the federal government has fallen behind in implementing its basic law for protecting the environment, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, Public Law 91-190, as amended. This idea is not new, as pointed out in our overview. This report is a broad-brush approach to a series of critical NEPA implementation issues. Any one of these issues warrants more in depth research and analysis. Our dual purpose is to broach these issues to spur further discourse so that NEPA can be strengthened.

Environmental Practice 13:1–11 (2011)

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Environmental Practice , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 216 - 226
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Copyright © National Association of Environmental Professionals 2011

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