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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

The USGS follows the most recent 2026 updated DOI NEPA Guidance and Regulations which have moved into a streamlined DOI Handbook of Implementing Procedures that provides guidance to NEPA practitioners across the Department while preserving flexibility to meet operational and project needs. 

The blue-green Colorado River winds past riparian vegetation with red canyon walls against a blue sky in Grand Canyon
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

The USGS follows the most recent 2026 updated DOI NEPA Guidance and Regulations which have moved into a streamlined DOI Handbook of Implementing Procedures that provides guidance to NEPA practitioners across the Department while preserving flexibility to meet operational and project needs. 

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Project
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Developing structured science syntheses for use in NEPA analyses and decision making in the Bureau of Land Management

Software Release
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Code for automating document downloads from the Bureau of Land Management's National NEPA Register to facilitate content analysis

publication
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Quantifying the substantive influence of public comment on United States federal environmental decisions under NEPA

Policy and Directives
Final NEPA Determination

Final NEPA Determination
Project
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Short Science Syntheses and NEPA Analyses for Climate-Informed Land Management Decisions in Sagebrush Rangelands

General
USGS

516.1 - National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Managing the NEPA Process - U.S. Geological Survey

Project
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Developing science syntheses to facilitate climate-informed land management decisions and NEPA analyses on rangelands in the sagebrush biome

publication
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Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in the Fish and Wildlife Service: results of a workshop

Center News
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USGS and partners publish the first in a series of science syntheses to support National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses

publication
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Petroleum geology and resources of the Nepa-Botuoba High, Angara-Lena Terrace, and Cis-Patom Foredeep, southeastern Siberian Craton, Russia

publication
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Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the southern Siberian craton (Baykit High, Nepa--Botuoba High, Angara--Lena Terrace, and Cis--Patom Foredeep Provinces), Russia, 2011

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Jordan D Sizemore
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E. Michelle Fishburne
Science Support
USGS science for a changing world

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Center News
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USGS and BLM publish a science synthesis on risks of spreading invasive annual grasses in MT, ND & SD through vegetation treatments

Center News
A large bull elk stands in the middle of a hiking trail, trees on either seed

USGS and partners publish a structured science synthesis (SSS) about the effects of nonmotorized recreation on ungulates

publication
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Climate consideration in environmental effects analyses on federal public lands in the United States

Center News
Burrowing Owl

A new science synthesis for public land management of the effects of noise from oil and gas development on raptors and songbirds

Project
Dalton Highway in Alaska, a gravel road winding through forests with large mountains in the background.

Developing a step-by-step process for assessing cumulative effects in the Bureau of Land Management

publication
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Potential risks of vegetation treatments to introduce and increase invasive annual grasses in rangelands of Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota—A science synthesis to inform National Environmental Policy Act analyses

Policy and Directives
Final PEIs with Appendicies

Final PEIs with Appendicies
publication
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Effects of nonmotorized recreation on ungulates in the western United States—A science synthesis to inform National Environmental Policy Act analyses

Methods, protocols, and procedures
USGS FONSI Decision Langseth Cruise

USGS FONSI Decision Langseth Cruise
Project
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State of Knowledge of Biological Soil Crusts: A synthesis of work to inform land management.

publication
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Effects of noise from oil and gas development on raptors and songbirds—A science synthesis to inform National Environmental Policy Act analyses

publication
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Deposition of selenium and other constituents in reservoir bottom sediment of the Solomon River Basin, north-central Kansas

Technical Memos
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)

Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)

publication
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Effects of noise from oil and gas development on ungulates and small mammals—A science synthesis to inform National Environmental Policy Act analyses

publication
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Oil shale development and its environmental considerations

Policy and Directives
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)

Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)

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