{"id":2005,"date":"2018-10-03T13:59:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T17:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waterways.org\/?p=2005"},"modified":"2018-10-03T13:59:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T17:59:16","slug":"nwc-weighs-in-on-updates-to-nepa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waterways.org\/wordpress2\/nwc-weighs-in-on-updates-to-nepa\/","title":{"rendered":"NWC Weighs In On Updates to NEPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the Council on Environmental Quality\u2019s (CEQ) request for comments regarding updates to implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), NWC supported efforts to improve efficiencies in the NEPA process.\u00a0 In particular, NWC supported strengthening the authority of the lead agenda to manage the process, including setting reasonable deadlines and timelines for reporting agencies.\u00a0 NWC also offered revisions to key terms, including cumulative impact, scope, and effects, to ensure appropriate focus on Federal agencies\u2019 authority and ability.<\/p>\n<p>NWC\u2019s comments can be viewed here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/waterways.org\/wordpress2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/NWC-Comments-on-NEPA-CEQ-2018-0001-.-8-20-18-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NWC Comments on NEPA CEQ-2018-0001 . 8-20-18 FINAL<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/waterways.org\/exit-disclaimer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-788\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/waterways.org\/wordpress2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/new-exit_disclaimer.png?resize=10%2C10&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" \/><\/a>\u00a0(229KB)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the Council on Environmental Quality\u2019s (CEQ) request  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,24,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecosystem","category-federal","category-must-read","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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