Browsing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Education and Certificate Program Capstone Papers by Title
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Klinger Capstone Paper
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“Little NEPAs”: State Equivalents to the National Environmental Policy Act in Indiana, Minnesota and Wisconsin
(2012-10-08)Enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1969 and signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1970, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is the United States’ flagship environmental law. Unlike, for example, the ... -
Maintaining Flexibility and Options in Alternatives Development: A Case Study of the Successful Use of Modeling, Agency Coordination and Public Involvement to Determine the Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative for a 17-Mile Transportation Project
(2012-11-27)This paper explores the alternatives development process for a North Carolina Department of Transportation new location roadway project. The case study will identify how potential project conflicts were avoided or resolved ... -
Mitigation Under NEPA: Failed Promises?
(2012-11-05)Introduction When the environmental impacts of federal actions are assessed under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),1 if adverse effects are identified, agencies are to describe measures to mitigate these effects ... -
Monitoring: The Missing Piece (A Scorecard of NEPA Monitoring)
(2012-11-21)The U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 heralded in an era of more robust attention to environmental impacts resulting from larger scale federal projects. The appeal of this type of environmental legislation ... -
NEPA & Fisheries Management: Implementing Adaptive Management at Yellowstone National Park
(2012-11-07)Adaptive management was first introduced in the late 1960s by C.S. Holling and several colleagues as a means to manage resources with increased flexibility in a system of uncertainty. Although this form of management has ... -
NEPA and Independent Regulatory Agencies
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NEPA AND PRIVATE AIDS TO NAVIGATION
(2012-11-09)The United States Coast Guard administers the U. S. Aids to Navigation system. The system consists of Federal aids to navigation operated by the U. S. Coast Guard, aids to navigation operated by the other armed services, ... -
NEPA and the Importance of Getting the Public Involvement Right
(2012-12-13)In enacting NEPA, Congress recognized that nearly all Federal activities affect the environment in some way and mandated that, before Federal agencies make decisions, they must consider the effects of their actions on the ... -
NEPA Compliance and the Adoption of an Environmental Impact Statement by a Regulatory Agency
(2015-04-01)Federal regulatory agencies have responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) at multiple stages of their regulatory responsibilities. This includes the development of regulations and when ... -
NEPA Compliance with Classified Actions
(2012-11-20)In 1970 President Richard M. Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). As part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) was established by Congress ... -
NEPA's Relevance to An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century
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Recommendations for Integrating the U.S. Coast Guard AC&I Planning and NEPA Process
(2012-11-25)Incorporating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process into the US Coast Guard’s (USCG) major construction program is generally perceived by facility planners and engineers as “checking the box”, a waste of resources, ... -
The Importance of Adequately Addressing Alternatives: Identification and Analysis in Environmental Impact Assessment
(2009-11-02)The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was signed into United States Law in 1969 for the purpose of establishing the requirement for adequate environmental analysis of projects occurring on Federal lands or via the ... -
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Process with Military Projects
(2012-12-14)The purpose of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is to include environmental considerations into federal agency planning and action. This is done by providing decision makers and other stakeholders with information ... -
The Role and Use of Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements And Environmental Assessments in Fulfilling NEPA and State Environmental Mandates
(2014-05-02)The Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ’s) regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 40, Part 1500 (40 CFR 1500) implement Section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended ... -
The Role and Use of Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements And Environmental Assessments in Fulfilling NEPA and State Environmental Mandates
(2015-04-01)The Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ’s) regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 40, Part 1500 (40 CFR 1500) implement Section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended ...
