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. . agencies report to the Council that the agencies' disagreements are irre- concilable. - - (6) PUbliSh i&- filidfngi;- and recom- mendations (including where appro- priate a finding that the submitted evidence does not support the posi- tion of an agency). (7) When appropriate, submit the referral and the response together with the Council's recommendation to the President for action. (g) .The Council shall take no longer than. 60 days to complete the actions specified in paragraph (f) (2), (3), or (5) of this section. (h) When the referral involves an - action required by statute to be de- termined on the record after oppor- tunity for agency hearing, the refer- ral shall be conducted in a manner consistent with 5 U.S.C. 557(d) (Ad- ministrative Procedure Act). . PART 1505-NEPA AND AGENCY DECISIONMAKING Sec. 1505.1 Agency decisionm..ldng proce- dures. 1505.2 Record of decision in cases re- . quiring environmental impact state- ments. 1505.3 Implementing the decision. AUTHORITY: NEP A. the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.). Section 309 of the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.s.C. 7609). and Executive Order 11514, Protection and Enhancement of Environ- mental Quality (March 5, 1970, as amend. ed by Executive Order 11991, May 24. 1977). ~ 1505.1 Agency decision making proce- dures. Agencies shall adopt procedures (~ 1507.3) . to ensure that decisions are made in accordance with the policies and purposes of the Act. Such procedures shall include but not be limited to: (a) Implementing procedures under section 102(2) to achieve the requirements of sections 101 and 102(1). (@ Desfgnating the major decIsIon POints for the agency's priL:ipal pro- grams likely to have a significant effect on the human environment and assuring that the NEP A process corresponc1..s with them. (e) Requiring that relevant envi- ronment8.l documents, comments, and responses be part of the record in formal rulemaking or adjudica- tory proceedings. (d) ReqUiring that relevant envi- ronmental documents, comments, and responSes accompany the pro- posal through existing agency review processes so that agency officials use the statement in making decisions. (e) Requiring that the alternatives considered by the decisionmaker are encompassed by the range of alter- natives discussed in the relevant en- vironmental documents and that the decisionmaker consider the alterIl2.- tives described in the environmental . impact sta Cement. If another deci- sion document accompanies the rele- vant environmental documents to the decisionmaker, agencies are en- couraged to make available to the pUblic before the decision is made any part of that document that re- lates to the comparison of alterna- tives. ~ 1505.2 Record of decision in cases reo quiring environmental impact state- ments. At the time of its decision (~ 1506.10) or, if appropriate, its rec- ommendation to Congress, each agency shall prepare a concise public record of decision. The record, which may be integrated into any other record prepared by the agency, in- Cluding that required by OMB Circu- lar A-95 (Revised), part !, sections 6 (c) and (d), and part n, section 5(b)(4), shall: (a) State what the decision was. (b) Identify all alternatives consid- ered by the agency in reaching its decision, specifying the alternative or alternatives which were consid- ered to be environmentally prefer- able. An agency may discuss prefer- ences among alternatives based on relevant factors including economic and technical considerations and agency statutory missions. An agency shall identify and discuss all such factors including -any essential considerations of national policy which were balanced by the agency in making its decision and state how 19