Accession Number:

ADA526737

Title:

The Emergency Alternative Arrangement Exception to the National Environmental Policy Act: What Constitutes an Emergency? Should the Navy Pin Its Hopes on Noah Webster?

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV WASHINGTON DC SCHOOL OF LAW

Personal Author(s):

• Larrea, Margaret A.

Report Date:

2009-08-31

Pagination or Media Count:

72.0

Abstract:

This paper will explore the emergency exception to NEPA under 40 C. F. R. 1506.11, by looking at what situations it has been used in, determining that it was properly invoked by the government in NRDC v. Winter, and hypothesizing as to its usefulness to the U.S. Navy in similar situations

Descriptors:

• *ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
• *NATIONAL SECURITY
• *EMERGENCIES
• SONAR
• FEDERAL LAW
• ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
• CASE LAW
• NAVY
• POLICIES
• REGULATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Sociology and Law
• Pesticides Pollution and Control

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE