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What is the significance of the national environmental policy act?
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The essential purpose of NEPA is to ensure that environmental factors are weighted equally when compared to other factors in the decision making process undertaken by federal agencies.The act establishes the national environmental policy, including a multidisciplinary approach to considering environmental effects in federal government agency decision making. The act also established the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to advise the president in the preparation of an annual report on the progress of federal agencies in implementing NEPA, on national policies nurture and promote the improvement of the environments quality, and on the state of the environment. The effectiveness of NEPA originates in its requirement of federal agencies to prepare an environmental statement to accompany reports and recommendations for funding from Congress. This document is called an environmental impact statement (EIS). NEPA is an action-forcing piece of legislation, meaning that the act itself does not carry any criminal or civil sanctions. All enforcement of NEPA was to be obtained through the process of the court system.
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It was the first time the government put into writing a philosophy about the environment.
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To promote efforts to prevent damage to the environment & to enrich the understanding of ecological systems & natural resources.
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