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NASA NEPA Program
Understanding the NEPA Process
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process requires NASA decision-makers to make informed decisions about the environmental consequences of any proposed actions.
How to Get Involved
The key to getting involved with NASA’s NEPA process is two-fold: 1) Understanding how to participate in the process, and 2) Making the effort to participate. There are several avenues to get ...
NASA’s NEPA Activities
NASA has NEPA actions currently in progress. On this website, there are two ways to see what is in work and the progress of those actions.
Navigate the NASA NEPA Library
NASA maintains an internal NEPA document repository for NASA NEPA Managers and the community called the NASA Environmental Tracking System (NETS).
Governing Requirements
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) levies procedural requirements on NASA. To ensure proper implementation of NEPA, NASA has established a program within the Environmental Management ...
Additional Resources
Many additional resources are available within this site to further the understanding of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and NASA’s commitment to environmental stewardship through an ...
| NEPA and Climate Change | |
| NASA Develops tool to address Greenhouse Gases (GHG) and Climate Change (CC) in NEPA documents: |  On the left: Heat given off by the Earth's surface and atmosphere and pumped out into space. On the right: Sunlight reflected back out to space by the oceans, land, clouds and aerosols. |
News (Last updated April 2013)
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Draft EA for the Wallops Island Post-Hurricane Sandy Shoreline Repair
NASA's has prepared a Draft EA for the Wallops Island Post-Hurricane Sandy Shoreline Repair
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Low Density Supersonic Decelerator Draft EA
NASA's Draft EA for the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) Technology Demonstration Mission is available for public comment.
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OSIRIS-REx Final EA
NASA has published the Final EA and issued a FONSI for this mission.
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The NASA Sounding Rockets Program Draft EIS
NASA's WFF is in the process of finalizing the EIS based on comments received during the public review period.
Spotlight On
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NASA Transition
NASA continues to undergo a major transition in the Human Space Flight Program since the Space Shuttle retired both with new internal programs and commercial partnerships/concept demonstration activities for the near term.
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Regulatory Review
NEPA Rule to be reviewed per CEQ Guidance and EO 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review.
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Environmental Justice
In July 1992, EPA published a report, entitled "Reducing Risk for All Communities," which noted that minorities and low-income communities experience higher than average exposures to selected air pollutants, hazardous waste facilities, and other forms of environmental pollution.
Metrics
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NASA NEPA Metrics
NASA tracks the results of multiple NEPA analyses each year at its Centers and component facilities. As of September 2010, NASA has documented 22 Environmental Assessments, 7 Environmental Impact Statements, and 2 EO 12114 Documents so far this year.