Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune

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National Environmental Policy Act

"...supporting the training mission by balancing the needs of development and conservation..."
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Environmental Impact Working       Group

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Training/Construction Guidelines

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 The NEPA Process

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Base Order - NEPA section
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US Fish and Wildlife Service  http://www.fws.gov/                                       

 

North Carolina Wildlife Resource    Commission                  http://www.ncwildlife.org/

 
Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/  and    http://www.epa.gov/compliance /nepa/index.html

 

 North Carolina Department of         Environment  and Natural Resources     http://www.enr.state.nc.us/

 
Army Corps of Engineers         http://www.usace.army.mil/

 

NEPAnet        http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/nepanet.htm
 
   

  The National Environmental Policy Act (1969) requires all federal agencies to appraise and document environmental impacts in planning and decision-making.  All federal actions must be reviewed for direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts on the environment. The United States Marine Corps (USMC) as a member of the U.S. Department of Defense is required to comply with NEPA as well as meet training mission objectives that are key to our nation’s defense.  Meeting those objectives requires careful planning in order to avoid significant, adverse effects to the  “human environment”.  NEPA requires the USMC to address environmental impacts early in the planning-process in order to avoid significant environmental impacts. 

  NEPA is an essential component of ecosystem management on federal lands.  Not only does it require extensive review of environmental impacts of all federal actions, it encourages interdisciplinary thinking and processes.  Enhanced coordination between Environmental Conservation Branch staff and the base Environmental Impact Working Group (EIWG) contributes to the ecosystem management approach.  NEPA requirements also encourage consideration of environmental issues by divisions that have traditionally been thought of as separate, including training and operations, etc.  The documentation and public involvement of NEPA show that each action has been thoroughly considered and reviewed.  Burned pine savanna with pitcher plants and cinnamon ferns.

 

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Environmental Management Division

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Installations & Environment Department

Last Updated:  March 11, 2004