Summary of the National Environmental Policy Act and Implementing Regulations - Environmental Impact Analysis: Process and Methods - page 24

TABLE 2.1 ( Continued )
Example Methods Developed by Federal Agencies to Facilitate Environmental Consideration as Required by NEPA
Title Reference Applicability to NEPA Environmental Analysis

Fish Field and Laboratory Methods of
Evaluating the Biological Integrity of Surface
Waters

EPA/600/R-92/111. EPA March 1993 Standardized description of existing isheries

resources and techniques to determine impacts
on the resource from past activities.

Ecological Risk: A Primer for Risk Managers EPA/734/R-95/001. EPA 1995 Nontechnical presentation on use of ecological

risk assessment to evaluate impacts.

Evaluation Guidelines for Ecological Indicators EPA/620/R-99/005. EPA May 2000 Establishes protocol to select appropriate

indicators of ecological conditions and
predicted impacts. This focuses and
streamlines investigation phase of
environmental analysis.

Methods for Collection, Storage, and
Manipulation of Sediments for Chemical and
Toxicological Analyses; Technical Manual

EPA-823-B-002. EPA October 2001 Establishes standardized methods for evaluation

of aquatic sediment conditions and impacts.

A National Park Guide: Protecting and
Enhancing Soundscapes

www.nature.nps.gov/naturalsounds. National
Park Service Oct. 2012

Methods and criteria for noise impact evaluation.

Abbreviations: EA, Environmental Assessment; EIS, Environmental Impact Statement; EPA, Environmental Policy Act; NEPA, National Environmental

Policy Act.