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United States; environmental impact statements; EIS; National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; NEPA; environmental protection
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Decision Analysis: A Systematic Approach To Environmental Impact Assessment, Richard E. Dodson
Decision Analysis: A Systematic Approach To Environmental Impact Assessment, Richard E. Dodson
Theses and Major Papers
The creation of the national Environmental Policy Act of 1969 was an explicit recognition by the congress for the need of a better management system to be used in environmental matters by all federal agencies. Section 102(2)(A) of the Act directs that a systematic, interdisciplinary approach be used in the planning and in the decision-making if the planned action may have an impact on the environment. While the council on Environmental Quality, which was created under the Act, has revised its regulations recently pertaining to the structure and format of Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), it has yet to articulate how …