Judicial enforcement of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6037526
Concern over the judicial enforcement of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 has led to interest in the problems faced by the Federal courts to construe the law and work out details of applications in concrete adversary situations. This report reviews court cases involving conflicts of interest between agencies in the private or public sector and the enforcement of NEPA. Several pre-NEPA cases dealing with the construction of hydroelectric power plants and nuclear power plants are described in relation to energy requirements and environmental impact and the need for effective Federal legislation. The case of Calvert Cliffs, the then proposed nuclear power plant, versus the Atomic Energy Commission is the first major judicial analysis of NEPA which demonstrates the effectiveness of NEPA. Some of the problems arising from enforcing NEPA are the reluctance of an agency to issue an environmental impact statement, the requirement to include alternative plans in the statement, and questions of whether the Act is discretionary or retroactive. The resolutions of most of these conflicts are discussed within the framework of particular court cases. A full text of NEPA is contained in the appendix.
- Research Organization:
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (USA). Cornell Energy Project
- OSTI ID:
- 6037526
- Report Number(s):
- PB-288072
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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