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Environmental Law—The Requirement For An Impact Statement: A Suggested Framework For Analysis—Loveless V. Yantis, 82 Wn. 2d 754, 513 P.2d 1023 (1973); Eastlake Community Council V. Roanoke Associates, Inc., 82 Wn. 2d 475, 513 P.2d 36 (1973); Stempel V. Department Of Water Resources, 82 Wn. 2d 109, 508 P.2d 166 (1973); Juanita Bay Valley Community Association V. City Of Kirkland, 9 Wn. App. 59, 510 P.2d 1140 (1973), John D. Alkire
Washington Law Review
The EIS requirement is the most precise of SEPA's procedural commands. The EIS itself must be a formal, tangible document. Its contents should reflect intelligent, plenary environmental analysis on the part of responsible government officials. The EIS serves as both the showpiece of the developer and as a target for those opposing the project. It is, in final form, no less than an environmental transcript, providing a critical portion of the record for administrative decisionmaking and judicial review. Hence, because of its visibility and required specificity, and the importance of its role in decision-making, the EIS requirement has come to …
The Washington Shoreline Management Act Of 1971, Geoffrey Crooks
The Washington Shoreline Management Act Of 1971, Geoffrey Crooks
Washington Law Review
With approval of the Shoreline Management Act of 1971 (SMA), Washington has joined the increasing ranks of states which are attempting to influence legislatively the course of development of their coastal resources. The Washington Act, unusually broad in scope, concerns not merely "coastal" areas but also shorelines of bodies of water of virtually every description, including lakes and streams so small or so obscure as to be nameless. This article, after briefly describing the circumstances of the SMA's enactment and the prior law, examines and evaluates (to the extent possible based on two years of operation) the resource management program …
The Environmental Coordination Procedures Act Of 1973, Or Ecpa! Ecpa! Rah, Rah, Rah!!, Charles E. Corker, Richard W. Elliott
The Environmental Coordination Procedures Act Of 1973, Or Ecpa! Ecpa! Rah, Rah, Rah!!, Charles E. Corker, Richard W. Elliott
Washington Law Review
The Washington Legislature in 1973 created procedures, optional with a project developer, for centralized, coordinated processing of the permit applications which state and local government now require for a developer's use of air, water and land. The Act is entitled the Environmental Coordination Procedures Act of 1973 (ECPA), which does not become operative until January 1, 1974. Since its procedures are optional with a project's developer, there is no absolute certainty at the date this article is released for publication that ECPA's coordination will ever be utilized.
The State Environmental Policy Act Of 1971 And Its 1973 Amendments, Charles B. Roe, Jr., Charles W. Lean
The State Environmental Policy Act Of 1971 And Its 1973 Amendments, Charles B. Roe, Jr., Charles W. Lean
Washington Law Review
The intent of this article is to provide an overview of SEPA for the general practitioner. It will discuss generally the Act itself and the rapidly developing federal and state case law, and more specifically the 1973 amendments to SEPA. The article will then suggest both SEPA's shortcomings and possibilities for its improvement.