165622 Introduction

Monday, November 5, 2007: 2:30 PM

Aaron A. Wernham, MD, MS , Division of Community Health Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK
           
This introduction will provide a brief overview of the regulatory framework established by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); the relationship between activities under NEPA's jurisdiction and public health; and the legal framework supporting the consideration of public health within the EIS process.

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe NEPA, Executive Order 12989 on Environmental Justice, and other federal environmental laws as they pertain to public health. 2. Recognize strategies for working within the existing federal and state environmental regulatory laws to protect and promote public health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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