Browsing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Education and Certificate Program Capstone Papers by Title
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Back to the Basics in NEPA - A Case Study on the U.S. Air Force’s Rapid Improvement Event (RIE) to Improve Environmental Impact Analysis Process (EIAP) through the Implementation of Preliminary Environmental Impact Analysis Process (PREIAP)
(2012-09-07)The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment, and Logistics (SAF/IE) has set a course for getting “back to basics” in improving Air Force compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), ... -
Borderland Management Taskforces and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Liaison Programs: Vehicles for Greater NEPA Public Involvement?
(2012-11-20)“One of the primary goals of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is to encourage meaningful public input and involvement in the process of evaluating the environmental impacts of proposed federal actions,” according ... -
CASE STUDY THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT AND THE DISPOSITION OF EX-ORISKANY
(2012-11-14)A decommissioned former Navy aircraft carrier, ex-ORISKANY, was successfully scuttled as an artificial reef in Gulf of Mexico off Pensacola, in Northwestern Florida, on May 17, 2006. Extensive environmental planning and ... -
Challenges in and Solutions for Integrating Biological Assessments Into Environmental Impact Statements
(2015-04-01)In light of the National Environmental Policy Act’s (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act’s (ESA) allowance for Federal agencies to concurrently fulfill their obligations under each statute, this paper considers potential ... -
Circuit-Splitting the Atom: How the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy Reached Different Conclusions on the Need to Consider Hypothetical Terrorist Attacks under NEPA
(2014-05-12)This Paper examines possible explanations for the differing policies of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which adopted a "Ninth Circuit only" approach, and the Department of Energy (DOE), which adopted a single nationwide ... -
Conducting NEPA Analysis for In Situ Homeland Security Research, Development, Testing and Education
(2012-11-06)The founding principle of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to protect the American people from terrorist threats. To that end, DHS seeks to develop and deploy technological solutions enabling enhanced protection. ... -
Consideration of Transportation Related Health Effects Under NEPA at the North Carolina Department of Transportation
(2013-01-02)This paper will address the evolving state-of-the-practice of the consideration of project related health effects under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) at the North Carolina Department of Transportation ... -
Considering Climate Change in NEPA Implementation
(2012-10-31)Attention to anthropogenic aspects of global climate change has become widespread in the United States where concern for this and related issues such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has increased through time from the ... -
Cumulative Effects on the National Historic Landmark District Since 1960
(2015-04-01)The United States Military Academy, located at West Point, New York is an American icon. It was the first military academy to be established (1802), and became a National Historic Landmark District in 1960. This designation ... -
Cumulative Effects on the United States Military Academy National Historic Landmark District Since 1960
(2013-07-31)The United States Military Academy, located at West Point, New York is an American icon. It was the first military academy to be established (1802), and became a National Historic Landmark District in 1960. This designation ... -
Data and Adaptive Management: The Critical Role of Quality Data in the Successful Application of Adaptive Management on the Valles Caldera National Preserve
(2011-03-15)Since 2002 the Valles Caldera Trust has invested in the acquisition of “quality” data or, data collected by experts or under the supervision of experts; using specific, repeatable, protocol; and maintained with integrity ... -
Decision Making in the Environmental Impact Assessment Process
(2014-04-08)This essay analyzes the decision-making processes used by government agencies to approve or reject projects that have significant impacts on the environment. One may believe that an agency will use a well-defined procedural ... -
Decision-making and Public Involvement in NEPA
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Development of a Cumulative Impacts Management Plan
(2012-11-25)The City of High Point developed an Environmental Assessment and Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Management Plan to assess environmental issues associated with a sewer line replacement in High Point, North Carolina. The ... -
Discussion of “Major Federal Actions” Under NEPA
(2014-06-10)Section 102(2)(C) of the NEPA statute requires that significant effects to the human environment be documented in “a detailed statement by the responsible official” for “major Federal actions”. The statute itself does not ... -
Environmental Review Case Study for the Sequoya Fuels Corporation Uranium Conversion Site in Gore, Oklahoma
(2015-04-01)This environmental review case study reviews the historical information regarding the Sequoyah Fuels Corporation’s (SFCs) uranium conversion site (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Materials License No. SUB-1010, ...
