Executive Order 11514Amended

Protection and Enhancement of Environmental Quality

Richard Nixon

March 5, 1970

35 FR 4247

Summary

Directed federal agencies to monitor, evaluate, and control their activities to protect and enhance the quality of the environment, implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Topics

environmentNEPAfederal agencies

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