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The parallel of moinentum as the three branches 

 shape a national policy gets added impetus from the 

 National Environmental Policy Act of 1959, Public Law 

 91-190, 42 U.S.C.A. §§4331-47. This Act essentially states 

 that -every federal agency shall consider ecological fac- 

 tors when dealing with activities which may have an 

 impact on man's environmer-t.^-* 



«4lts newness, relevance and significance warrants reproduction ia 

 fuU. 



"This Act may be cited as the 'National Environmental 

 Policy Act of 19G9'. 



PTJllPOSE 

 Sec. 2 The purposes of this Act are: To declare 

 a national policy which will encourage productive and 

 enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; 

 to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate 

 damage to the environment and biosphere and stimu- 

 late the health and welfare of man; to enrich the un- 

 derstanding of the ecological systems and natural re- 

 sources important to the Nation; and to establish a 

 Council on Environmental Quality. 



TITLE I 

 DECI^ARATION OF NATIONAL 

 ENVIRONIMENTAL POLICY 

 Sec. 101 (a) The Congress, recognizing tlie pro- 

 fovmd impact of man's activity on the interrelations 

 of all components of the natural environment, parti- 

 cularly the profound influences of population growth, 

 high-density urbanization, industrial expansion, re- 

 source exploitation, and new and expanding techologi- 

 cal advances and recognizing further the critical im- 

 portance of restoring and maintaining environmental 

 quality to the overall welfare and development of 

 man, declares that it is the continuing policy of the 

 Federal Government, in cooperation with State and 

 local governments, and other concerned public and 

 private oi'ganizations, to use all practicable means 

 and measures, including financial and technical assist- 

 ance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote 

 the general welfare, to create and maintain conditiona 

 under which man and nature can exist in productive 

 harmony, and fulfill tlie social, economic, and othe? 



