Co-presenter, "NEPA Overview and Requirements for OSW," Pacific Offshore Wind: Environmental Permitting

The National Environmental Policy Act is a principal U.S. environmental law that requires that major federal actions with the potential to affect the human environment meet certain basic process requirements. BOEM leases and approval of construction and operation plans for offshore wind are subject to NEPA review. Leases historically require an environmental assessment, while approval of construction and operations plans require a full Environmental Impact Statement.

In this session DWT associate Olivier Jamin and Tetra Tech's Nathalie Schils explicated the fundamentals of NEPA, and the law's requirements for offshore wind projects.