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Title: Development of a management system for implementing the NEPA process in the Department of Energy. Technical progress report, March 1, 1978--February 28, 1979

Abstract

DOE'S numerous difficulties in responding to the National Environmental Policy Act have sometimes resulted in costly program delays. The Assistant Secretary for Environment commissioned this three-year project to develop a comprehensive approach to managing NEPA compliance agency-wide. The first year's effort resulted in the conceptual design described in this report. The approach used in the NEPA Management System (NMS) project included: analysis of DOE's basic functions to achieve its mission and their associated environmental requirements; analysis of existing DOE mechanisms for meeting these environmental requirements; development of potential approaches for improving the Department's response to NEPA. The issues and potential solutions presented are based on review and analysis of scores of DOE management guidance documents and interviews with hundreds of DOE personnel, both at headquarters and in the field. A six-part Conceptual Framework of the NMS was developed to organize the analysis and present its conclusions. Potentially responsive approaches to improve DOE's NEPA response include: early consideration of the environment in departmental policy making and regulations development; early, detailed planning for NEPA document preparation and review; integration of NEPA compliance activities with DOE procurement processes; institution of post-EIS mitigation and monitoring procedures; development of comprehensive guidance for all aspects ofmore » NEPA compliance. Conceptual approaches to solving each of these problems are presented as a basis for more detailed work in the second year.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Dalton-Dalton-Little-Newport, Cleveland, OH (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5942798
Report Number(s):
COO-4750-1
DOE Contract Number:
EP-78-C-02-4750
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT; COMPLIANCE; US DOE; DECISION MAKING; ENFORCEMENT; MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; LAWS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; US ORGANIZATIONS; 293000* - Energy Planning & Policy- Policy, Legislation, & Regulation; 290300 - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety

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Rolan, R.G.. Development of a management system for implementing the NEPA process in the Department of Energy. Technical progress report, March 1, 1978--February 28, 1979. United States: N. p., 1979. Web. doi:10.2172/5942798.
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Rolan, R.G.. Development of a management system for implementing the NEPA process in the Department of Energy. Technical progress report, March 1, 1978--February 28, 1979. United States. doi:10.2172/5942798.
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title = {Development of a management system for implementing the NEPA process in the Department of Energy. Technical progress report, March 1, 1978--February 28, 1979},
author = {Rolan, R.G.},
abstractNote = {DOE'S numerous difficulties in responding to the National Environmental Policy Act have sometimes resulted in costly program delays. The Assistant Secretary for Environment commissioned this three-year project to develop a comprehensive approach to managing NEPA compliance agency-wide. The first year's effort resulted in the conceptual design described in this report. The approach used in the NEPA Management System (NMS) project included: analysis of DOE's basic functions to achieve its mission and their associated environmental requirements; analysis of existing DOE mechanisms for meeting these environmental requirements; development of potential approaches for improving the Department's response to NEPA. The issues and potential solutions presented are based on review and analysis of scores of DOE management guidance documents and interviews with hundreds of DOE personnel, both at headquarters and in the field. A six-part Conceptual Framework of the NMS was developed to organize the analysis and present its conclusions. Potentially responsive approaches to improve DOE's NEPA response include: early consideration of the environment in departmental policy making and regulations development; early, detailed planning for NEPA document preparation and review; integration of NEPA compliance activities with DOE procurement processes; institution of post-EIS mitigation and monitoring procedures; development of comprehensive guidance for all aspects of NEPA compliance. Conceptual approaches to solving each of these problems are presented as a basis for more detailed work in the second year.},
doi = {10.2172/5942798},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1979},
month = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1979}
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