Eccleston (an elected member of the board of directors of the National Association of Environmental Professionals) presents an introduction to tools and techniques important to environmental planning procedures and practices, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and emergency response planning. Following an overview of the NEPA process and its basic requirements, chapters cover tools and techniques for streamlining NEPA, performing a systematic and integrated planning and analysis process, exemptions and categorical exclusions, the threshold for environmental impact statement requirements, preparing environmental assessments and environmental impact statements, planning and mitigating effects of natural disasters and terrorist attacks, emergency planning for continuity of business operations, international environmental impact assessment, and environmental policy and economics. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)