ELR Citation: ELR 20225
No(s). C-72-95 RFP (N.D. Cal. Mar 22, 1972)

In highway planning, the design approval stage is the crucial date for determining if agencies have any discretion whether or not to file a NEPA statement. If the design approval stage had not been reached prior to January 1, 1970 (the effective date of NEPA), then the Act must be rigorously complie...