Regulatory agencies such as the Federal Aviation Administration must balance the need to expand airport capacity with concerns about environmental impact. This balance is governed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which establishes the environmental review procedures governing airport development activities that receive federal funding. This paper presents a comprehensive study of legal challenges to airport expansion, focusing on the influence of environmental procedural statutes such as NEPA. All known reported court opinions since the enactment of NEPA involving environmental challenges to physical airport expansion were reviewed and characterized with respect to the factual background of each case, the form of the legal challenge, and the disposition of the reviewing court. A regression analysis was performed to determine which factors influence a court's decision to approve the environmental review or to enjoin airport expansion pending further environmental review.
Balancing Airport Capacity Requirements with Environmental Concerns
Legal Challenges to Airport Expansion
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board ; 2206 , 1 ; 92-99
01.01.2011
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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