Figure 24.5
Why is the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), such an important law?
What will be an ideal response?
NEPA has become a very powerful law in that an environmental impact statement (EIS) must be developed for every major federal project likely to have an effect on environmental quality. The EIS must explain why the proposed project is needed and identify its beneficial and harmful environmental impacts. More than one-third of the country's land is under federal management, and NEPA requires the managing agencies to take environmental consequences into account in making decisions. It also exposes proposed projects and their possible harmful effects to public scrutiny.
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