Impact Estimation Approach Sample Clauses

Impact Estimation Approach. ‌ NEPA requires that agencies include a detailed statement of, among other things, the environmental impacts of the Proposed Action and a description of adverse environmental impacts that would not be avoided should the Proposed Action be implemented (42 USC 4332). The 1978 NEPA regulations also indicate agencies should identify three types of impacts: direct, indirect, and cumulative (40 CFR 1508.8). To achieve this in an efficient manner, agencies aim to focus on impacts that are “reasonably foreseeable” and have a close causal relationship to the Proposed Action. On July 16, 2020, CEQ finalized new implementing NEPA regulations that become effective on September 14, 2020. The new regulations apply to all NEPA processes begun after the effective date of the new rules, but provide agencies with discretion to apply the new rules to ongoing NEPA processes. The NEPA process for this Proposed Action was initiated prior to the effective date of the new NEPA regulations with publication of the Notice of Intent in the Federal Register on July 16, 2020. This draft environmental assessment is intended to comply with the 1978 regulations and the Department of the Interior’s existing NEPA regulations. Based on applicable NEPA regulations, this NEPA analysis is limited to only those resources that would be impacted by the issuance of the Permit requested by the Applicant for activities covered in the 2020 DSL CCAA.