A comprehensive federal law requiring analysis of the environmental impacts of federal actions such as the approval of grants; also requiring preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for every major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
NEPA is the Federal law requiring an analysis of the environmental effects of Federally-assisted actions and projects. In the case of highways, this assistance usually takes the form of the provision of Federal funds to pay a portion of a project's planning, design, and/or construction costs. This environmental analysis takes the form of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for every major Federal project that significantly affects the quality of the environment.
Established a national environmental policy requiring that any project using federal funding or requiring federal approval, including transportation projects, examine the effects of proposed and alternative choices on the environment before a federal decision is made.
The Federal law requiring that every federal agency prepare a detailed report evaluating environmental impacts and alternatives to a proposed action. Visit http://environment.fhwa.dot.gov/projdev/index.htm for an explanation of the law.
requires all agencies, including the Service, to examine the environmental impacts of their actions, incorporate environmental information, and use public participation in the planning and implementation of all actions. Federal agencies must integrate NEPA with other planning requirements, and prepare appropriate NEPA documents to facilitate better environmental decision making (from 40 CFR 1500).
A law requiring agencies to consider the environmental impacts of major federal actions and to prepare environmental impact statements (EISs) which discuss these impacts and weigh alternatives. The law also requires public participation in the EIS process.
The federal law that requires the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement for major undertakings using Federal funds. To comply with NEPA, PennDOT developed a 10-step process to address all potential environmental, social, cultural and economic impacts of a proposed highway project before decisions are reached on design. Public involvement is an integral component of this process.
A law enacted on January 1, 1970 that established a national policy to maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans. It established the Council on Environmental Quality for coordinating environmental matters at the federal level and to serve as the advisor to the President on such matters. The law made all federal actions and proposals that could have significant impact on the environment subject to review by federal, state and local environmental authorities.
