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Discussion:
A NEPA Storyboard Example
By Larry Freeman, PhD.
The Shipley Group, Senior Consultant

The goal of an early storyboard is to help NEPA writers create documents that are clear, brief, and legally adequate.

The storyboard example in this newsletter shows the initial 8 pages for a transportation project. We originally prepared these sample pages and some additional ones for inclusion in a Shipley Group training manual for the Federal Highway Administration. As explained in that manual, using storyboards is a major technique designed to help NEPA teams create clear, brief, and legally adequate documents.

ENVIRONMENTAL/NEPA  News from across the Agencies

Native American Graves and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Grants The National NAGPRA Program awards grants to museums, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations for the purposes of assisting in consultation, documentation, and repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items including funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony.  Click to Connect   National Trail Classification System Changes Published for Comment. The Forest Service is publishing interim final directives for the trail classification system (TCS) and Design Parameters, which went into effect on October 16, 2008. The Forest Service is issuing the interim final directives for the TCS and Design Parameters to improve national consistency and efficiency in design, construction, maintenance, surveying, and assessment of National Forest System trails. Click to View   Survey : National Defense Industrial Association - Tools to Overcome Schedule Delays (posted on DTIC 13-Nov-2008) Survey conducted by Tetra Tech, Inc for National Defense Industrial Association focused on answering: 1) Does the NEPA process itself slow decision-making and delay a project or Is there a natural decision-making process that is responsible for project delays? 2) Are there ways to speed up NEPA documents?  Click to Connect   If you have a news article you would like featured, please let us know.  shipley@shipleygroup.com

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