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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS AND CASE STUDIES: NEPA Training Is Essential: It Shouldn’t Just Be for Environmental Staff

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2015

Larry W. Camper  and
Zahira Cruz
Larry W. Camper*
Affiliation:
Larry W. Camper, Director, and Zahira Cruz, Geotechnical Engineer, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
Zahira Cruz
Affiliation:
Larry W. Camper, Director, and Zahira Cruz, Geotechnical Engineer, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
*
Address correspondence to: Larry W. Camper, Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; (phone) 301-415-6673; (fax) 301-415-5369; (e-mail) [email protected]
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Abstract

In times of increasing workloads and flat budgets, it is important that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) use available resources and techniques efficiently and effectively to achieve success in environmental reviews throughout the agency. By implementing a contract with Duke University, cosponsored by the Council on Environmental Quality, to present courses near the NRC Headquarters in the Implementation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the NRC major program offices achieved success in training a large number of staff in NEPA in a timely and cost-effective manner. In addition, this training is positioning NRC staff to complete the Duke University graduate-level professional certificate in NEPA.

Environmental Practice 16: 287–289(2014)

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Environmental Practice , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , December 2014 , pp. 287 - 289
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© National Association of Environmental Professionals 2014 

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