Editors' Summary

On September 15, 2010, the Environmental Law Institute, the Grand Canyon Trust, and the Partnership Project hosted a symposium to commemorate the 40th anniversary of NEPA. At the symposium, participants explored how agency engagement with the public results in better decisionmaking. Panelists explored some of the means by which agency practices have made the NEPA process more effective, ways in which agency practice has been less successful, and current opportunities to make NEPA work even better than it has during the statute's first 40 years. The symposium was followed by a reception, at which Russell Train, John Dingell, and Gary Guzy spoke, and the release of NEPA Success Stories: Celebrating 40 Years of Transparency and Open Government. The remarks made at the reception may be listened to at http://www.eli.org/audio/09.15.10dc/09.15.10dcreception.mp3. The symposium, reception, and publication are all made possible with the generous support of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, the 444S Foundation, and the Wilburforce Foundation.