A study of the review and comment phase of the draft environmental impact statement.

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Study of the review & comment phase of the draft environmental impact statement
• Creators:
  Howell, David R
• Corporate Creators:
  Virginia Highway & Transportation Research Council
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Environmental impact statements
  • Environmental impact analysis
  • Environmental impact statements--Virginia
  • Environmental impact analysis--Virginia
  • Roads--Environmental aspects--Virginia
• Publication/ Report Number:
  VHTRC 75-R4
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Virginia
• Corporate Publisher:
  Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC)
• Abstract:
  Since the enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act in 1969, there has been considerable change in the efficiency of the preparation and distribution of environment a impact statements (EIS). This study was an evaluation of the review and comment phase as part of the overall EIS process. From a survey of agencies involved in this phase, it was determined that the majority of problems derive from: 1) the sporadic flow of statements to agencies for review; 2) the shortage of review staff; and 3) the complexity of some projects. An analysis of the review process showed that in part the difficulties are due to the "segmented" structure of the overall system. The lack of short-term flexibility and long-term adaptability are seen as the symptoms of this segmented system.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20036/dot_20036_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.07 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0b9b2e7513bffb78f4e8fa4218b0363a9e243e9a1a7500c2350af2a6473987b3c58e5c1901b0fc1e934b2873dec88c3696bac390b5965ff208e55696e727096d