Reader- Friendly Environmental Documents: Opportunity or Oxymoron?

摘要

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental documents have gotten a reputation for poor quality of late, and there is general consensus that this reputation is largely deserved. The public, agencies, and NEPA practitioners agree that most documents are difficult to understand and hard to use. Here is some of the evidence:rnIn a survey conducted jointly by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), 78% of respondents said there was a problem with the overall quality of environmental documents.