Possibly of interest: How NEPA Works https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/how-nepa-works https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/how-nepa-works As I

Possibly of interest: How NEPA Works https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/how-nepa-works https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/how-nepa-works As I understand it (and all I know is what I read there), completing an environmental impact statement means that environmental impacts have been considered and documented in a way that is hopefully secure against lawsuits claiming that an environmental impact review hasn't been done. (But you never know what people will sue about.) It doesn't mean anything in particular has been done to protect the environmental or any plans were changed. It's just... documentation, that's hopefully adequate. Compare with the laundry list that the FAA required SpaceX to do to get a launch license in Texas. This random stuff, hopefully that benefits the environment, that the FDA wants so that they don't have to write an environmental impact statement. (Which could take years.)