"NEPA" meaning in English

See NEPA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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  1. (US) Initialism of National Environmental Policy Act. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Environmental Policy Act
    Sense id: en-NEPA-en-name-KUvYyeFw Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. (US) Initialism of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Northeastern Pennsylvania
    Sense id: en-NEPA-en-name-S5LuMg2p Categories (other): American English
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          "text": "In addition, because analyses in prior route permit applications have utilized this methodology, the Applicants also conducted this environmental justice analysis in accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Federal Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice (EJ) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Committee’s publication, Promising Practices for EJ Methodologies in NEPA Reviews (Promising Practices).",
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