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The Ocean Dumping Deadline: Easing The Mandate Millstone, Julian H. Spirer
The Ocean Dumping Deadline: Easing The Mandate Millstone, Julian H. Spirer
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This Article examines the development the "mandate millstone," the inflexible federal rules and regulations directed at state and local governments in the environmental arena. It surveys how the mandate millstone has burdened or threatened to burden the ocean dumping of sewage sludge by New York City. The Article reviews the method by which the city has traditionally disposed of its sewage sludge in the ocean waters surrounding the city, and how the city's disposal practices would have been altered radically had the city been forced to implement a plan, pursuant to United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, to end …
Environental Impact Statements: Instruments For Environmental Protection Or Endless Litigation?, Fran Hoffinger
Environental Impact Statements: Instruments For Environmental Protection Or Endless Litigation?, Fran Hoffinger
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Congress enacted the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on January 1, 1970. NEPA's purpose is to "declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment." In an effort to achieve this national policy, NEPA requires federal agencies proposing certain major federal actions that affect the environment to include an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in their proposal or recommendations. The EIS must include both an assessment of the beneficial and adverse environmental impacts of the proposed actions and an analysis of the impacts in light of other circumstances. This Comment discusses the historical background …