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Environmental review documents, drafted section by section and tied to the law behind every step.

NEPANav is built for the agency staff, consultants, and attorneys who prepare and defend environmental reviews. NOAA Fisheries is the most fully built-out agency, with the Magnuson-Stevens council process treated as a first-class step, not a footnote.

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What’s inside

Every track of the review, and the public around it

Review tracks

  • Categorical exclusionScreening built around council actions, EFH consultations, and MMPA take determinations.
  • Environmental assessmentEach procedural step tied to its statutory or regulatory authority.
  • Environmental impact statementThe full review, drafted section by section.
  • Supplemental reviewFor an earlier review that has to be revisited.
  • ESA Section 7 consultationConsultation under the Endangered Species Act, step by step.
  • MMPA complianceMarine Mammal Protection Act steps, including take determinations.
  • Biological opinionFormal Section 7 consultation, ending in the opinion on jeopardy and critical habitat.
  • Take reduction planMMPA plans to reduce marine mammal deaths and serious injuries in commercial fisheries.

Drafting and public participation

  • Drafting that cites its sourcesAn assistant for every section, drawing on statutes and regulations, case law, the FIP record, and your own uploads.
  • Shared workspacesFolders, projects, and teams, with view, comment, and edit access set for each.
  • Public document linksShare one document on its own link, with an open comment period when you choose.
  • Comment reviewComments arrive with confirmation numbers and are sorted by issue, with form letters flagged and responses drafted for review.

How it works

The review path

A proposed action is screened and routed to the level of review it needs. NEPANav drafts that document section by section, each section tied to its authority, while the consultations run alongside and public comment feeds back into the draft.

The review ends in its decision record: a documented exclusion, a finding of no significant impact, or a record of decision.

The review path NEPANav follows, from screening to the decision record. Every drafted section cites the authority behind it. How NEPANav works. A proposed action is screened for the level of review it needs, and routed to a categorical exclusion, an environmental assessment, or an environmental impact statement. That document is drafted section by section, from purpose and need through alternatives, the affected environment and environmental consequences, and each section carries a citation to its legal authority. A public comment period feeds back into the draft. ESA Section 7 consultation, essential fish habitat consultation and MMPA review run alongside drafting. The review ends in its decision record: a documented exclusion, a finding of no significant impact for an assessment, or a record of decision for an impact statement. Drafting draws on statutes and regulations, case law, the FIP record and the user’s own uploads.

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The entire U.S. fisheries record, connected into one source-linked body of evidence.

Council actions, stock assessments, regulations, vessel records, and court cases in one connected record. Follow a decision from motion to final rule, with every answer tied to the document behind it.

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Navigate permit requirements across all levels of government.

Describe a coastal or marine project in plain words and see every permit it needs, with the issuing agency, the law behind it, and the official form. Then track each one to approval.

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