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signed NKPA. It became effective immediately. 
25. The purposes of NEPA include, among other things, 
"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 stimulate the health and welfare 
I of man; to enrich the understanding of ecological systems and 
|i natural resources important to the Nation." NEPA 02. 
26. Sections 101, 102 and 103 of NEFA provide as follows: 
6101(b). "In order to carry out the policy set forth 
in this chapter, it is the continuing responsibility 
of the Federal Government to use all practicable means, 
consistent with other essential considerations of 
national policy, to improve and coordinate Federal, plans, 
functions, programs, and resources to the end that the 
Nation may — 
(1) fulfill the responsibilities of each generation, 
as trustee of the environment for succeeding gener- 
ations ; 
(2) assure for all Americans safe, healthful, 
productive, and esthetically and culturally pleasing 
surroundings ; 
(3) attain the widest, range of beneficial uses of the 
e nvi r prime nt without degradation, risk to health or 
safety, or other undesirable and unintended conse- 
quences; 
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6101(c). "The Congress recognizes that each person 
should enjoy a healthful environment and that each 
person has a responsibility to contribute to the 
preservation and enhancement of the environment. 
§102. "The Congress authorizes and directs that, to 
! the fullest orient possible: (1) the policies, regu- 
lations, and public laws of the United States shall 
be interpreted and administered in accordance with the 
, policies set. forth in this chapter, and (2) all agencies 
I of the Federal Government shall — 
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(A) utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach 
which will insure the integrated use of the natural 
and social sciences ami the environ mental design arts 
in planning and in decisionmaking which may have an 
impact on man's environment; 
00 identify and develop methods and procedures, in 
consultation with the Oomvil on Environmental’ !*uol ity 
established by subchapter 11 of this chapter, which 
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