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LEGISLATION AND HIGH-LEVEL POLICY AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT ARE REVIEWED. THE TREATMENT IS DIVIDED INTO CONGRESSINAL ACTION, WHITE HOUSE ACTION, AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ACTION. POSSIBLE INTERPRETATIONS OF SECTION 102 (C) OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT OF 1969, IN WHICH FEDERAL-AID PROJECTS ARE REQUIRED TO CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS, ARE SUGGESTED. SECTION 4(F) OF THE DOT ACT, WHICH PROVIDES THAT NO USE BE MADE OF PUBLICLY OWNED LAND FROM A PUBLIC PARK, RECREATION AREA, OR WILDLIFE REFUGE UNLESS THERE IS NO FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE AND ALL CARE IS TAKEN TO MINIMIZE HARM, IS THOUGHT NOT TO BE A BOTTLENECK TO THE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, ALONG WITH THE HISTORY OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, ARE SURVEYED IN SOME DETAIL, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN QUASI-JUDICIAL (ADVERSARY) AND QUASI-LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS. STEPS THAT HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS CAN TAKE TO ASSURE FAIRNESS ON THEIR PART IN PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE SUGGESTED.

29p

1970

Ninth Annual Workshop on Highway Law

Environment; Environmental impacts; Governments; Hearings; Highway law; Highway planning; Highways; Laws; Public land; Public relations

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

Environment; Highways; Law

TRIS, TRB

Feb 8 1971 12:00AM

• AN ATTORNEY GENERAL LOOKS AT THE HIGHWAY CONDEMNATION LAW
• CONTROL OF ENCROACHMENTS THROUGH THE COMMON LAW THEORY OF NUISANCES
• CURRENT STATUS AND OUTLOOK FOR BEAUTIFICATION
• EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND THE PHILADELPHIA PLAN
• FIRST-HAND REPORT PREPARED FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL WORKSHOP ON HIGHWAY LAW
• OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS IN RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
• THE LAW OF FIXTURES IN CONDEMNATION