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TABLE 2.5
Federal Agencies Filing Environmental Impact Statements from June 2007 to
June 2012

% of All
Filings Agency Acronym Number Filed

Bonneville Power Administration BPA 16 1%

Federal Railroad Administration FRA 17 1%

General Services Administration GSA 17 1%

Western Area Power Administration WAPA 17 1%

United States Coast Guard USCG 18 1%

Federal Aviation Administration FAA 24 1%

Tennessee Valley Authority TVA 23 1%

United States Air Force USAF 31 1%

Bureau of Indian Affairs BIA 35 1%

Department of Energy DOE 40 2%

United States Army USA 47 2%

Bureau of Reclamation BR 66 3%

United States Fish and Wildlife Service USFWS 67 3%

Federal Transit Administration FTA 69 3%

Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC 69 3%

Federal Agency Regulatory Commission FERC 71 3%

United States Navy USN 73 3%

National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

NOAA 126 5%

National Parks Service NPS 135 5%

Unites States Army Corps of Engineers USACE 203 8%

Bureau of Land Management BLM 241 10%

Federal Highway Administration FHWA 296 12%

United States Forest Service USFS 608 24%

Total agencies filing 1% or greater of all EISs
during the period

2309 93%

In fact the evaluation of EIS ratings by Tzoumis (2007) concluded that
for the agencies that produced the majority of the EISs (U.S. Forest Service,
Federal Highway Commission, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, all combined accounting for over 57% of EISs filed) there
was no overall improvement in either the quality or degree of impact from