• Date: July 07, 2011
• Source: www.nps.gov

The purposes of this Act are: To declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man; to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources important to the Nation; and to establish a Council on Environmental Quality.

 NEPA contains three important sections:

• The declaration of national environmental policies and goals.
• The establishment of action-forcing provisions for federal agencies to enforce those policies and goals.
• The establishment of a Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in the Executive Office of the President.

NEPA requirements are invoked when airports, buildings, military complexes, highways, parkland purchases, and other federal activities are proposed. Environmental Assessments (EAs) and Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), which are assessments of the likelihood of impacts from alternative courses of action, are required from all Federal agencies and are the most visible NEPA requirements.

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