National Environmental Policy Act -
Environmental Assessments
Federal Agencies must
prepare Environmental Assessments (EAs) for proposed actions in
accordance with National Environmental Policy Act regulations (40
CFR 1500-1508). An EA analyzes the environmental effects of a
proposed activity to determine the significance of potential impacts.
Any significant impacts identified in an EA must be analyzed in an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). An EA also documents the
potential environmental impacts of proposals that do not require an EIS,
and identifies as early as possible mitigation measures that BOEMRE may
require to avoid or minimize adverse effects of a proposal.
We assume that the
proposal evaluated in an EA includes mitigation required by lease
stipulations, regulations, other Federal and State environmental laws,
and specific measures committed to in writing by the lessee, operator,
or applicant prior to completion of the EA. Mitigation measures not
identified in the proposal may be evaluated in the EA to determine
whether such measures, if approved as part of the proposal, would reduce
impacts to a less-than-significant level.
Recent Environmental Assessments
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