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Initial Environmental Evaluation/Environmental Assessments (IEE/EA), Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSI), and Related Environmental Documents

Activities planned by the U.S. Antarctic Program in science support, construction, operations, logistics, and facilities maintenance are

  1. subjected to environmental analysis specific to the proposed action or
  2. governed by a program wide environmental impact statement issued in 1980 and revised in 1991.

More than 120 specific environmental documents, which are public, have been issued. Every scientist proposing research in Antarctica must analyze the environmental impact of the proposed project. NSF carefully reviews these proposals and does not give approval unless the projects (sometimes modified for this purpose) comply with antarctic environmental standards.

IEE/EA, FONSI, AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS BY FISCAL YEAR

bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 2008
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 2007
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 2006
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 2005
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 2004
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 2003
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 2002
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 2001
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 2000
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 1999
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 1998
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 1997
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 1996
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 1995
bullet List of IEE/EA, FONSI, and related environmental documents for fiscal year 1994
 


Labyrinth, McMurdo Dry Valleys

The Labyrinth is a maze-like area in the McMurdo Dry Valleys that scientists say was created by an ancient flood. (NSF/USAP photo by Peter Rejcek)

 
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