National Environmental Policy Act
The papers presented at the 2010 Special Institute on the National Environmental Policy Act are available both as a written manual (looseleaf binder) and audio CD (See audio options in the drop-down menu). Chapters include:
- NEPA, natural resources, and energy development projects
- NEPA basics and recent developments
- NEPA, climate change, and the future of fossil fuels
- Direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts
- Scope of the NEPA review: Alternatives, “small handles” and connected, cumulative, and similar actions
- Supplementation of NEPA analyses: Triggers and requirements
- New developments in federal agency NEPA procedures
- NEPA administrative appeals and litigation
- Project proponents, third-party contractors, and the administrative record
- Public, tribal, and local government involvement in the NEPA process
- Expediting, streamlining, tiering, and phasing NEPA processes for energy projects
- NEPA case law update
- NEPA and compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act and Endangered Species Act
- State environmental policy acts
- NEPA lessons learned
- Top ten ethical issues in the NEPA process
Mineral Law Series Volume 2010, Number 4 (November 2010)
Manual: 1 looseleaf volume/658 pages
Audio CDs: 720 minutes, including 60 minutes of ethics
ISBN 978-1-882047-54-3