National Environmental Policy Act and Environmental Compliance
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 is the foundation of modern American environmental protection in the United States and its commonwealths, territories, and possessions. NEPA requires that federal agency decision makers, in carrying out their duties, use all practicable means to create and maintain conditions under which people and nature can exist in productive harmony and fulfill the social, economic, and other needs of present and future generations of Americans. NEPA provides a mandate and a framework for federal agencies to consider all reasonably foreseeable environmental effects of their proposed actions and to involve and inform the public in the decision-making process.
NOAA’s requirements for implementing NEPA may be found at www.noaa.gov/nepa.
Compliance Activities
- NEPA ‒ Nothing at this time.
- Completed environmental assessments and environmental impact statements:
- Alabama Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Analysis for Full Approval and FONSI
- Clatsop County, Oregon, Routine Program Change Request
- Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Coos County, Oregon, Routine Program Change Request
- Coral Reef Conservation Program Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision
- Dauphin Island Audubon Bird Sanctuary Site Improvements, Mobile County, Alabama
- Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Boundary Change and FONSI
- Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve Boundary Change and FONSI
- Georgia Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Analysis for Full Approval and FONSI
- He‘eia National Estuarine Research Reserve, Hawaii
- Hika Park Pedestrian Bridge, Village of Cleveland, Wisconsin
- Illinois Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Analysis for Full Approval and FONSI
- Indiana Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Analysis for Full Approval and FONSI
- Jug Bay Marsh Boardwalk and Observation Platform, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- Louisiana Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Analysis for Full Approval and FONSI
- Michigan Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Analysis for Full Approval and FONSI
- Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Boundary Change and FONSI
- Ohio Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Analysis for Full Approval and FONSI
- Pointe-au-Chien Cultural Heritage Protection Reef, Coastal Louisiana and FONSI
- Silver Creek Bridge Replacement, Carlton County, Minnesota
- South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Boundary Change and FONSI
- Texas Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Analysis of Finding that State has Satisfied All Conditions of Approvability and FONSI
- Washington Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Analysis for Full Approval and FONSI
- William Brooks Park Boardwalk Extension and Bird Observation Tower, Chickasaw, Alabama
- Wisconsin Point Dune Restoration Project, Superior, Wisconsin and FONSI
- Endangered Species Act (ESA) – Consultation procedures
- Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) – Consultation procedures
- Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) – Consultation procedures
- National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Compliance – Consultation procedures
- Section 800.2(d)(2) of the National Historic Preservation Act requires federal agencies to inform the public of its
undertakings and to provide the public the opportunity to comment. Public comment can be submitted to ocm.environmentalcomp@noaa.gov.
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