Sometimes referred to as the "environmental Magna Carta," the nearly 3,000-word National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) was signed into law on New Year's Day 1970 by President Richard Nixon (7-3). It was the world's first comprehensive national policy on the environment. In the 50 years since NEPA was signed, many laws, rules, and guidance documents would be revised in accordance with the new national policy.
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