Re: Early Public Participation Under NEPA?

["Marianne Thaeler" <marianne.thaeler@sfsierra.sierraclub.org>]

If the Army is doing the scoping, they follow their own Regs which are
identical to CEQ regs. But, in reality, they make Decision, and do NEPA after
the fact, complaining bitterly over unnecessary govt. paperwork. Therefore
suggest you contact your Senators and Congressmen and ask them to call a
meeting, between you and Army, or demand a meeting be held between Army and
you to discuss NEPA compliance, Scoping, and required Alternatives. They are
required to do Scoping, but my many recent experiences are that they do
Scoping after they have already made Decision and it is an uphill road to try
and change the Decision. But, Senators and Representatives like to be helpful
by setting up dialogue opportunities - good will and no loss to them. Good
luck.