Title
Cumulative Impacts of Hydropower Development Under the National Environmental Policy Act: The Requirement of a Basin-Wide Approach
Publication Date
1985
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.
Notes
ISBN 0-913235-37-7