National Environmental Policy Act

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Legislation in the United States, passed in 1969, requiring all entities other than the president, the Congress and the court system to prepare and present reports on the impact a proposed federal action would have on the environment. The Act established different levels of impact and created a Council of Environmental Quality to advise the president.

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environmental impact statement			MMS will conduct any necessary environmental reviews, including those under the National Environmental Policy Act, related to those actions. Federal agencies sign agreement to accelerate renewable energy ... by International Business Times - US ed. In the United States, health impact assessment is an outgrowth of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, which specified that effects on health, public health and safety be considered when creating policies or projects. Health impact assessment: building public health into decision-making by Easley, Cheryl / The Nation's Health Army officials said that these questions and others would be difficult to address without the analysis required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 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