Segmentation of Environmental Review: Why Defenders of Wildlife v. U.S. Navy Threatens the Effectiveness of NEPA and the ESA
In Defenders of Wildlife v. United States Department of the Navy, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that the environmental review conducted by the Navy and the National Marine and Fishery Service regarding the proposed construction and operation of a warfare training range was...
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ftbostoncollelaw:oai:lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu:ealr-2160 2023-05-15T17:32:18+02:00 Segmentation of Environmental Review: Why Defenders of Wildlife v. U.S. Navy Threatens the Effectiveness of NEPA and the ESA Novack, Erica 2015-01-21T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/ealr/vol42/iss1/9 https://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2160&context=ealr unknown Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School https://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/ealr/vol42/iss1/9 https://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2160&context=ealr Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review Administrative Law Environmental Law Military War and Peace Water Law text 2015 ftbostoncollelaw 2021-08-06T11:06:48Z In Defenders of Wildlife v. United States Department of the Navy, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that the environmental review conducted by the Navy and the National Marine and Fishery Service regarding the proposed construction and operation of a warfare training range was in compliance with federal law. In particular, the court found that segmentation of review at its final stages did not violate the National Environmental Policy Act or the Endangered Species Act. This Comment addresses the danger of allowing a technicality to authorize segmentation of environmental review, and its potential negative impacts on endangered species, such as the North Atlantic right whale. The Eleventh Circuit could have followed the trends of other circuit courts, such as the Second and Ninth Circuits, to invalidate the Navy’s and the NMFS’s environmental review. Text North Atlantic North Atlantic right whale Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School |
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In Defenders of Wildlife v. United States Department of the Navy, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that the environmental review conducted by the Navy and the National Marine and Fishery Service regarding the proposed construction and operation of a warfare training range was in compliance with federal law. In particular, the court found that segmentation of review at its final stages did not violate the National Environmental Policy Act or the Endangered Species Act. This Comment addresses the danger of allowing a technicality to authorize segmentation of environmental review, and its potential negative impacts on endangered species, such as the North Atlantic right whale. The Eleventh Circuit could have followed the trends of other circuit courts, such as the Second and Ninth Circuits, to invalidate the Navy’s and the NMFS’s environmental review. |
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