National Environmental Policy Act

Description

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was the first major environmental law in the United States and established national environmental policies for the country. NEPA mandates federal agencies to consider the impacts of their activities-including the issuance of federal permits, Federal funding, and other federal agency actions-on the environment, and to ensure that information about these environmental impacts is available to the public before final decisions are made. The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) promulgates regulations that require agencies to create their own NEPA implementing procedures. These procedures must meet the CEQ standard while reflecting each agency's unique mandate and mission. Consequently, NEPA procedures vary from agency to agency. Source: http://www.epw.senate.gov/nepa69.pdf Date enacted: January 1, 1970 Codification: 42 U.S.C. Sec. 4321 et seq. Authority: U.S. Council on Environmental Quality

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Name Format Description Link
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
57 NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct.zip https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct.zip
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48903
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/48903.pdf

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  • human dimensions
  • alaska
  • united states of america
  • office of coastal management
  • exclusive economic zone
  • environmental governance/management
  • national ocean service
  • northern mariana islands
  • american samoa
  • continent
  • noaa
  • guam
  • hawaii
  • territorial sea
  • north america
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocm
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • ocean planning
  • outer continental shelf
  • marinecadastre
  • puerto rico
  • maritime boundaries

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