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NEPA AND A STATE'S ROLE IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 1
Author(s) -
Curran Terence P.,
King Thomas W.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1974.tb00547.x
Subject(s) - environmental impact statement , national environmental policy act , legislation , environmental planning , plan (archaeology) , environmental law , environmental quality , state (computer science) , statement (logic) , environmental resource management , environmental impact assessment , business , public administration , political science , environmental science , law , computer science , geography , archaeology , algorithm
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, has been called a revolutionary piece of legislation. It has changed, and is still changing the traditional ways of governmental decision‐making. NEPA has strongly influenced the field of water resources management. An environmental statement can now be seen not as a document to support or justify a plan, but an objective assessment of what environmental costs and benefits are involved. New York State has seized upon NEPA as an important feature of its environmental quality management programs and has used the opportunity to comment upon draft environmental statements under NEPA to increase its influences upon Federal decision‐making. The Department of Environmental Conservation coordinates and synthesizes all comments and provides one unified State response on a statement. At the State level, lacking a comprehensive “little NEPA”, an extensive environmental analysis program has been built by utilizing a wide spectrum of Federal and State Laws and administrative regulations.