The Legal Framework of NEPA (and Other Environmental Laws) -- Overview of NEPA and the NEPA Process -- Environmental Documents -- Categorical Exclusion -- Environmental Assessment -- Finding of No Significant Impact -- Notice of Intent -- Environmental Impact Statement -- Record of Decision -- The NEPA Process -- Requirements Triggering the Preparation of an EA -- Requirements Triggering the Preparation of an EIS -- Is Compliance with NEPA a Substantive or Procedural Matter? -- The Programmatic EIS -- The Supplemental EIS -- The Federal EIS Process -- Functional Equivalence -- Early Preparation -- Lead and Joint Agencies -- Cooperating Agencies -- Preparing the EIS -- Scoping and Scoping Meetings -- Preparation of the Draft EIS -- Preferred Alternative -- Agency Consultation -- Agency and EPA Notices of Availability, Draft EIS Distribution -- Public Participation and Public Hearings -- Public and Agency Comments -- The Role of EPA, EPA Comments and Rating -- Preparation of the Final EIS, Responses to Public and -- Agency Comments -- The Record of Decision -- The Federal Environmental Impact Statement -- General Instructions -- Content of the Draft EIS -- Environmental Assessment -- Global and Regional Environmental Concerns -- Analysis of Environmental Impacts -- Modeling of Impacts -- Other NEPA-Related Matters -- Agency Procedures -- Limitations on Agency Actions -- Judicial Review (Case Law) -- Adequacy of the EIS -- Conflict of Interest -- Forty Questions -- Standing.
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