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050			_aGE 180 .E33 2008
100			_aEccleston, Charles H. _eauthor
245			_aNEPA and environmental planning : _btools, techniques and approaches for practitioners / _cCharles H. Eccleston
260			_aBoca Raton : _bCRC Press, _cc2008.
300			_alvii, 390 pages ; _c26 cm.
365			_bUSD42.00
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aOverview of the NEPA process and its basic requirements -- Tools, techniques, and approaches for improving and streamlining NEPA -- NEPA streamlining provisions -- Performing a systematic and integrated planning and analysis process -- Exemptions and categorical exclusions -- The threshold question : when is an EIS required? -- Preparing environmental assessments -- Preparing environmental impact statements -- The scope of analysis -- Planning and mitigating effects of natural disasters and terrorist attacks -- Emergency planning for continuity of business operations -- International environmental impact assessment -- Environmental policy, decision-making and economics.
520			_aThe U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 established the world’s first modern national environmental policy. All federal agencies must comply with NEPA’s sweeping mandate to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) evaluating impacts and alternatives of significant federal actions. More than 100 countries have now enacted similar policies emulating NEPA.
650			_aENVIRONMENTAL POLICY -- UNITED STATES
650			_aEMERGENCY MANAGEMENT -- UNITED STATES
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