Incorporating biodiversity considerations into environmental impact analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6685911

The report presents the results of consultations by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) concerning the consideration of biological diversity in analyses prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The report is intended to provide background on the emerging, complex subject of biodiversity, outline some general concepts that underlie biological diversity analysis and management, describe how the issue is currently addressed in NEPA analyses, and provide options for agencies undertaking NEPA analyses that consider biodiversity. The report does not establish new requirements for such analyses. It is not, and should not be viewed as, formal CEQ guidance on the matter, nor are the recommendations in the report intended to be legally binding. The report does not mean to suggest the biodiversity analyses should be included in every NEPA document, without regard to the degree of potential impact on biodiversity of the action under review.

• Research Organization: Council on Environmental Quality, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6685911
• Report Number(s): PB-93-139806/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also PB--92-123900
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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