Appendix 1: National Environmental Protection Act

• Author: Nicholas C. Yost
• Pages: 41-49

National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. §§4321-4347 Page 41

National Environmental Policy Act

42 U.S.C. §§4321-4347

§4321. Congre ssional declara tion of pu rpose.

Subchapter I—Policies and Goals

§4331. Congre ssional declara tion of na tional

enviro nmental policy.

§4332. Cooper ation of a gencies; report s; av ailability

of informat ion; recommenda tions;

intern ational and national coord ination of

efforts.

§4332a . Acceler ated decisionma king in en vironmenta l

review s

§4333. Confor mity of ad ministrati ve pro cedures to

nation al en vironmenta l pol icy.

§4334. Other statu tory obligation s of agenc ies.

§4335. Effort s sup plemental to existin g

authorizations.

Subchapter II—Council on Environmental

Quality

§4341. Omitte d.

§4342. Establ ishment; member ship; Chairman;

appointments.

§4343. Employm ent o f per sonnel, expert s and

consultants.

§4344. Duties and functi ons.

§4345. Consul tation with Citizens’ Advis ory

Commit tee o n Env ironmental Quali ty an d

other repres entatives.

§4346. Tenure and compensati on of memb ers.

§4346a . Travel reimbursem ent b y pri vate organizati ons

and Federal, State , and loca l gove rnments.

§4346b. Exp enditures in support of intern ational

activities.

§4347. Authori zation of appropriat ions.

§4321. Congressional declaration of

purpose

e purposes of this c hapter are: To declare a national

policy which wil l encourage productive and enjoyable

harmony between ma n and his environment; to pro-

mote eorts which wil l prevent or eliminate damage

to the environment and biosphere and stimulate t he

health and welfa re of man; to enrich the understand-

ing of the ecological s ystems and natural resources

important to the Nation; and to est ablish a Council on

Environmental Qua lity.

(Pub. L. 91–190, §2, Jan. 1, 1970, 83 Stat. 852.)

Short Title

Section 1 Pub. L. 91–190 provided: “at this Act

[enacting this cha pter] may be cited as the ‘National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969’.”

Transfer of Funct ions

Enforcement functions of Secret ary or other ocial in

Department of the Interior related to complia nce with

system activitie s requiring coordination and approval

under this chapter, and enforcement fu nctions of Sec-

retary or other ocia l in Department of Agriculture,

insofar as the y involve lands and progr ams under juris-

diction of that Depar tment, related to compliance with

this chapter with re spect to pre-construction, construc-

tion, and initial operation of tr ansportation system for

Canadian a nd Alaskan natura l gas transferred to Fed-

eral Inspector, Oce of Federal I nspector for Alaska

Natural Gas Transport ation System, until r st anni-

versary of date of initi al operation of Alaska Natural

Gas Transportation System, see Reorg. Pla n No. 1 of

1979, §§102(e), (f), 203(a), 44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93

Stat. 1373, 1376, eective July 1, 1979, set out in the

Appendix to Title 5, Government Organi zation and

Employees. Oce of Federal Inspe ctor for the Alaska

Natural Gas Transport ation System abolished a nd

functions and authorit y vested in Inspector transferred

to Secretary of Energ y by section 3012(b) of Pub. L.

102–486, set out as an A bolition of Oce of Federal

Inspector note under section 719e of Title 15, Com-

merce and Trade. Functions and authority vested i n

Secretary of Energ y subsequently transferred to Federal

Coordinator for Alas ka Natural Gas Transportation

Projects by section 720d(f) of Title 15.

Emergency Prepa redness Functions

For assignment of certai n emergency preparedness

functions to Admi nistrator of Environmental Protec-

tion Agency, see Parts 1, 2, and 16 of Ex. Ord. No.

12656, Nov. 18, 1988, 53 F.R. 47491, set out as a note

under section 5195 of this title.

Modication or Re placement of Executive Order

No. 13423

Pub. L. 111–117, div. C, title VII, §742(b), Dec. 16,

2009, 123 Stat. 3216, provided that: “Hereafter, the

President may modify or replace E xecutive Order No.

13423 [set out as a note under this section] if the Presi-

dent determines that a rev ised or new executive order

will achieve equ al or better environmental or energy

eciency results.”

Pub. L. 111–8, div. D, title VII, §748, Mar. 11, 2009,

123 Stat. 693, which provided that Ex. Ord. No.

13423 (set out as a note under this section) would

remain in eect on a nd after Mar. 11, 2009, except as

otherwise provided by law a fter Mar. 11, 2009, was

repealed by Pub. L. 111–117, div. C, title VII, §742(a),

Dec. 16, 2009, 123 Stat. 3216.