NAMA Speaks Out Against Weakening the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

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NAMA submitted these comments to the National Marine Fisheries expressing concerns that the proposed rules for implementing the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Act (MSRA) to address integration of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and fishery management processes could result in such significant failures that the best course is to abandon this rule and start over.

NAMA NEPA coms-final 2 Aug 8

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