9629

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9629
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Selected NEPA Documents.
• USFW Year: 1993.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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(4) preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national heritage, and
maintain, wherever possible, an environment which supports diversity, and variety of
individual choice;
(5) achieve a balance between population and resource use which will permit high
standards of living and a wide sharing of life's amenities; and
(6) enhance the quality of renewable resources and approach the maximum attainable
recycling of depletabie resources.
*Pub. L. 91-190, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, January 1, 1970, as amended by Pub. L.
94-52, July 3, 1973, and Pub. L. 94-83, August 9, 1975.
(c) The Congress recognizes that each person should enjoy a healthful environment and
that each person has a responsibility to contribute to the preservation and enhancement of the
environment.
Sec. 102. The Congress authorizes and directs that, to the fullest extent possible: (1) the
policies, regulations, and public laws of the United States shall be interpreted and
administered in accordance with the policies set forth in this Act, and (2) all agencies of the
Federal Government shall-
(A) Utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach which will insure the
integrated use of the natural and social sciences and the environmental design arts in planning
and in decisionmaking which may have an impact on man's environment;
(B) Identify and develop methods and procedures, in consultation with the Council
on Environmental Quality established by title II of this Act, which will insure that presently
unquantified environmental amenities and values may be given appropriate consideration in
decisionmaking along with economic and technical considerations;
(C) Include in every recommendation or report on proposals for legislation and
other major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment, a
detailed statement by the responsible official on-
(i) The environmental impact of the proposed action,
(ii) Any adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided should the proposal be
implemented,
(iii) Alternatives to the proposed action,
(iv) The relationship between local short-term uses of man's environment and the
maintenance and enhancement of long-term productivity, and
(v) Any irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources which would be involved
in the proposed action should it be implemented.
Prior to making any detailed statement, the responsible Federal official shall consult with and