{"id":155,"date":"2025-01-08T18:59:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/acrpwebresource21\/introduction-nepa\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T20:25:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T20:25:43","slug":"introduction-nepa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crp.trb.org\/acrpwebresource21\/introduction-nepa\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction &#8211; NEPA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"155\" class=\"elementor elementor-155\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51929a2a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51929a2a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66b2af3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66b2af3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as well as special-purpose environmental laws and regulations designed for particular purposes necessitate thorough environmental impact analyses for airport initiatives subject to FAA approval.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a000aaf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a000aaf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49b09fd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49b09fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7207bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7207bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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