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Zusatztext Praise for the previous book! Effective Environmental Assessments: How to Manage and Write NEPA Assessments (CRC Press! 2001):"Mr. Eccleston has written a most thorough guide to managing and preparing EAs that puts NEPA back into its original perspective-a planning and decision-making tool ? comprehensively covers the EA process ? provides practical guidance for effectively preparing an analysis ?"-Mr. Russell W. Peterson! Former Governor of Delaware and Former Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)"NEPA is the cornerstone of our environmental statutory structure and provides a strategic look for long-range planning. By explaining the environmental assessment process in a scholarly! yet easily understandable way! Charles Eccleston has performed an enormous service for all who care about the protection of our country's-and indeed the world's-environment."-Michael R. Deland! Former Chairman! Council on Environmental Quality"Charles Eccleston has performed a real service in authoring Effective Environmental Assessments: How to Manage and Write NEPA Assessments. The book fills a void and concentrates on environmental assessments! a critical but underemphasized part of the NEPA process. It is! furthermore! both useful and user-friendly."-Nicholas C. Yost! Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal! former General Counsel of the CEQ charged with responsibility for writing the 1978 CEQ NEPA Regulations Informationen zum Autor Charles H. Eccleston is listed in Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World and Who’s Who in America as a nationally recognized NEPA authority. He is a consultant, author, and lecturer with some 30 years experience in NEPA, environmental policy, and analyzing the impacts of projects and energy-related policies. He also frequently consults on NEPA lawsuits. He is the author of nine books and 80 professional publications. Some of his recent books include: Environmental Impact Assessment: A Guide to Best Professional Practices Inside Energy: Developing and Managing an ISO 50001 Energy Management System Global Environmental Policy: Concepts, Principles, and Practice NEPA and Environmental Planning: Tools, Techniques, and Approaches for Practitioners J. Peyton Doub, CEP, PWS, is an Environmental Scientist and expert in preparing EAs. He has more than 20 years experience preparing EAs and EISs, wetlands and natural resources investigations, and other environmental reports. He is the author of The Endangered Species Act: History, Implementation, Successes, and Controversies (CRC Press, 2012). Klappentext Although upwards of 50,000 environmental assessments (EAs) are prepared annually-compared to some 500 environmental impact statements (EISs)-the focus of U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations is on defining requirements for preparing EISs. Written by Charles Eccleston and J. Peyton Doub, who have established themselves among the top environmental experts in the world, Preparing NEPA Environmental Assessments: A User's Guide to Best Professional Practices fills the need for an authoritative and comprehensive guide on how to prepare EAs.Bridging the regulatory gap, this book identifies relevant EIS regulatory requirements that can be logically interpreted to also apply to EAs. It compiles and synthesizes information scattered throughout NEPA's regulations, executive orders, and guidance documents, and incorporates case law to provide additional clarification. The authors also draw ...
