Title

Cumulative Impacts of Hydropower Development Under the National Environmental Policy Act: The Requirement of a Basin-Wide Approach

Authors

D K. Eckberg

Publication Date

1985

Notes

ISBN 0-913235-37-7

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Symposium on Small Hydropower and Fisheries

Start Page

357

End Page

366

Editors

Olson FW;White RG;Hamre RH;

Publication Place

Bethesda, MD

Publisher

American Fisheries Society

Abstract

Multiple hydropower projects, proposed for construction on individual river basins, can create cumulative impacts to important river resources. The National Environmental Policy Act affords the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an opportunity to consider the cumulative impacts of hydropower development in basin-wide Environmental Impact Statements or Environmental Assessments prior to project authorizations.

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