Program Areas - Environmental Planning & Impact Assessment
Program Manager: Shari Miller (757) 824-2327
Submit a project for Environmental and Safety Review
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) defines a process which all Federal agencies must undertake to analyze impacts to the human and natural environment resulting from their proposed actions. The steps proceed in the following sequence:
- Proposal of an Action
- Development of Alternatives
- Public Scoping
- Description of Current Environment
- Analysis of Environmental Impacts
- Public Comment
- Issuance of a Decision
- Implementation
The WFF Environmental Office assists in the evaluation of environmental impacts associated with institutional and mission-related projects. We provide the following services:
Review new or potential projects for inclusion within the envelope of the Final Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) Site-wide Programmatic Envorinmental Impact Statement (PEIS), or other existing analyses.
- Assist in the environmental review of all WFF projects including projects occurring off site. Click here to initiate an environmental and safety review.
- Assist in the management and/or preparation of Environmental Assessments (EAs) and Environmental Impact Statements (EISs).
- Coordinate public and regulatory comment process and attend public meetings,
- Assist in ensuring that all required environmental permits are obtained prior to initiation of the action.
- Coordinate NASA NEPA training for relevant project personnel. (Click for overview of NASA GSFC NEPA training.)
Documents
For a list of projects at Wallops Flight Facility involving NEPA, please visit our documents page.