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Cumulative Impacts Guidance for National Environmental Policy Act Reviews

This guidance assists EPA reviewers of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents in providing accurate, realistic, and consistent comments on the assessment of cumulative impacts.

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Consideration of Cumulative Impacts in EPA Review of NEPA Documents (PDF)(22 pp, 72 K)