Saturday, June 7, 2008

June Agenda

WG Update - Peter Havens, WG Chair


  • The NAEP official web site has been updated through April http://www.naep.org/
  • Checkout the new web site that can accommodate forums and wiki http://draftnepa.wetpaint.com/
  • 2007 Annual Report - Please read and comment so that the report can grow and improve
  • 2008 Annual Report - Grace Musumeci is ready to take input. Also, you may enter your input onto the new wiki site

News

Academic support - Denise Keele

  • Research Proposal: Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Description: The extent to which project level impacts predicted/assessed in Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) were realized when the chosen action was implemented is virtually unknown. The purpose of this research is to monitor post-implementation environmental impacts in order to measure them against pre-implementation predicted/assessed environmental impacts. Recent project level EIS's will be selected (perhaps can be representative of the diversity of geography, project type and agency) to measure post-implementation impacts against pre-implementation predictions. The monitoring program developed could be adapted to many agency NEPA procedures and the results/data could be used to better inform new project documentation and decisions within the NEPA process. In addition to discussing the idea for the research, I would like to ask the WG members their thoughts on different methodological approaches as well as ways they may be willing to help with the project.

FAQ Question – Jean Krewson

  • How should I deal with climate change in my NEPA Documents?
    Direct impactsAcknowledge data not available for indirect effectsOther issues such as
    invasive species contributing to warming which plantings can sequester carbon how far do we go? no panaceas

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