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ARTICLE CONTENTS
[Pages 349-384]
TOP OF ARTICLE
Introduction
I. Weighing Impacts Under the National Environmental Policy Act
A. NEPA’s Goals
B. Administrative Discretion
C. Balancing Significant Impacts
D. Harms Versus Benefits
E. Local Versus Regional Impacts
II. Emission Reductions Versus Visual Impacts
A. Air Emission Reductions: The Primary Benefit
1. The Power Grid
2. Human Health
3. Environmental Justice
4. Global Warming
B. Visual Impacts: The Primary Objection
1. History of Aesthetic Regulation
2. NEPA and Aesthetic Regulation
3. The Role of Public Controversy
IV. Application of EISs to Offshore Wind Energy Review
A. Existing Wind Energy and Related NEPA Review
1. NEPA Review of Terrestrial Wind Farms and Other Alternative Energy Projects
2. First Stages of Offshore Wind Environmental Impact Review
B. Suggestions for Offshore Wind EISs
1. Place Discussions of Environmental Benefits in Prominent Locations
2. Use Adequate Geographic Scope
3. Use the No Action Alternative to Model Air Emission Reductions
Conclusion
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