National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Program

 In an effort to ensure that all practicable means and measures are used to support the general welfare where by maintaining or creating conditions where people and nature can endure in productive harmony and satisfy the economic, social, and other requirements of future and present American generations Congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

With NEPA, Congress obliges Federal agencies to study the effects of their actions and consider the reasonable alternatives to those actions through the preparation of Environmental Assessments or Environmental Impact Statements. Therefore through the FAA Airports and Tenants with actions on Airport property that could change the Airports Layout by for example adding a building are required to go through the NEPA Process. The FAA has also designated actions that may qualify for a categorical exclusion from any formal environmental review.  Links with more information on the NEPA Process, categorical exclusions, and current NEPA Studies being conducted by the Lafayette Airport Commission are provided below.