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Studies and Opinions on NEPA and EIS's
Frank Kreith and Associates conducted a study which was
published in January, 1973, to determine how effective NEPA
is in achieving its objectives.45 Usinga sample of 200 drawn
from the 1,100 final statements which had been filed to that
date, these statements were studied to determine if any state-
ments resulted in a proposed action being avoided or reversed.
It was found by Kreith that all of the actions that were
investigated were approved by the CEQ and that in no case had
adverse comments on an environmental impact draft statement
resulted in the proposed project being abandoned although a
majority of the statements listed adverse environmental effects
that they claimed could not be avoided.
On the 127 actions which listed adverse environmental
effects, 214 alternatives were given; all were rejected for
either economics, environmental, or engineering reasons. The
EPA was requested to comment fifty-six times and approved all
the proposed actions. In twenty-four instances the EPA made
no comment at all or did not reply, and only in five instances
did it make suggestions for improving the proposed action.
An interview conducted with the Environmental Protection
Agency, Region VI, on July 21, 1975, revealed that the results
would have been the same in this region, that is, the NEPA
45Frank Kreith, "Lack of Impact," Environment, XV
(January-February, 1973), 26-33.
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