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Scientific Uncertainty And The National Environmental Policy Act—The Council On Environmental Quality's Regulation 40 C.F.R. Section 1502.22, Mark Reeve
Washington Law Review
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to prepare Environmental Impact Statements (EIS's) for all major actions significantly affecting the environment. The EIS must disclose and evaluate alternative actions and their environmental consequences. Congress did not address the problem of scientific uncertainty when it passed NEPA. Ten years later, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) tackled the issue by including section 1502.22 in its new regulations governing EIS production. The section provides that if scientific uncertainty exists but can be cured by further research the agency must do or commission the research. If the necessary research is exorbitantly …
Does Nepa Matter? - An Analysis Of The Historical Development And Contemporary Significance Of The National Environmental Policy Act, Kenneth M. Murchison
Does Nepa Matter? - An Analysis Of The Historical Development And Contemporary Significance Of The National Environmental Policy Act, Kenneth M. Murchison
University of Richmond Law Review
When President Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on January 1, 1970, he declared that the new statute marked the arrival of the time for environmental action. The quantatitive measures of legislative and judicial activity during the ensuing decade suggest that he accurately captured the mood of the times, for the 1970's produced a flurry of new and amended statutes as well as a veritable explosion in environmental litigation. As a result of this burst of energy, environmental law has emerged as an important legal speciality that now commands the attention of law schools, government lawyers, and the …
Unfinished Business: The Regulation Of Uranium Mining And Milling, Elizabeth V. Scott
Unfinished Business: The Regulation Of Uranium Mining And Milling, Elizabeth V. Scott
University of Richmond Law Review
In July of 1982, the Marline Uranium Corporation announced the discovery of a major deposit of commercially minable uranium in southside Virginia, the first major find east of the Mississippi River. Marline and the Union Carbide Corporation are planning a $200 million mining and milling complex to develop the deposit. The operation is projected to create 900 new jobs and bring $4.3 million in yearly tax revenues to Virginia and to Pittsylvania County.