National Environmental Policy Act in EPA Region 3
EPA's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) office in Region 3 serves Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
On this page:
- Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) in Region 3
- NEPA Region 3 Special Topics
- Region 3 NEPA contacts
Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) in Region 3
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NEPA Region 3 Special Topics
Mountaintop Mining
Mountaintop coal mining is a surface mining practice involving the removal of mountaintops to expose coal seams, and disposing of the associated mining overburden in adjacent valleys. EPA, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining and Fish & Wildlife Service, and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, prepared an environmental impact statement looking at the impacts of mountaintop mining and valley fills.
Region 3 EPA NEPA Contacts:
| Name | Title | Phone Number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samantha Beers | Director, Office of Communities, Tribes & Environmental Assessment | (215) 814-2717 | beers.samantha@epa.gov |
| Stepan Nevshehirlian | NEPA Program Manager | (215) 814-3402 | nevshehirlian.stepan@epa.gov |
| Barbara Okorn | NEPA Reviewer NEPA Specialty Topic: Transportation-Virginia and West Virginia, Endangered Species Act, Land Management |
(215) 814-3330 |
okorn.barbara@epa.gov |
| Carrie Traver | NEPA Reviewer NEPA Specialty Topic: Federal Facilities, GSA, Corps, NASA, energy |
(215) 814-2795 |
traver.carrie@epa.gov |
| Brian Hamilton | NEPA Reviewer NEPA Specialty Topic: Tribal Affairs, Energy |
(215) 814-5497 |
hamilton.brian@epa.gov |
| Richard Paiste | NEPA Reviewer NEPA Specialty Topic: Public Health |
(215) 814-5739 |
paiste.richard@epa.gov |
| Matthew Lee | NEPA Reviewer NEPA Specialty Topic: Environmental Justice |
(215) 814-2917 | lee.matthew@epa.gov |
| Tom Mullen | Region 3's NEPA Team IT and Database Management |
(215) 814-2779 |
mullen.thomas@epa.gov |