9629

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9629
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Selected NEPA Documents.
• USFW Year: 1993.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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useless bulk in statements and shall concentrate effort and attention on important issues.
Verbose descriptions of the affected environment are themselves no measure of the adequacy
of an environmental impact statement.
1502.16 Environmental consequences.
This section forms the scientific and analytic basis for the comparisons under SS 1502.14.
It shall consolidate the discussions of those elements required by secs. 102(2)(C) (i), (ii),
(iv), and (v) of NEPA which are within the scope of the statement and as much of sec.
102(2)(C)(iii) as is necessary to support the comparisons. The discussion will include the
environmental impacts of the alternatives including the proposed action, any adverse
environmental effects which cannot be avoided should the proposal be implemented, the
relationship between short-term uses of man's environment and the maintenance and
enhancement of long-term productivity, and any irreversible or irretrievable commitments of
resources which would be involved in the proposal should it be implemented. This section
should not duplicate discussions in SS 1502.14. It shall include discussions of:
(a) Direct effects and their significance (SS 1508.8).
(b) Indirect effects and their significance (SS 1508.8).
(c) Possible conflicts between the proposed action and the objectives of Federal, regional,
State, and local (and in the case of a reservation, Indian tribe) land use plans, policies and
controls for the area concerned. (See SS 1506.2(d).)
(d) The environmental effects of alternatives including the proposed action. The
comparisons under SS 1502.14 will be based on this discussion.
(e) Energy requirements and conservation potential of various alternatives and mitigation
measures.
(f) Natural or depletable resource requirements and conservation potential of various
alternatives and mitigation measures.
(g) Urban quality, historic and cultural resources, and the design of the built
environment, including the reuse and conservation potential of various alternatives and
mitigation measures.
(h) Means to mitigate adverse environmental impacts (if not fully covered under SS
1502.14(f)).
1502.17 List of preparers.
The environmental impact statement shall list the names, together with their qualifications
(expertise, experience, professional disciplines), of the persons who were primarily
responsible for preparing the environmental impact statement or significant background
papers, including basic components of the statement (SS 1502.6 and 1502.8). Where possible
the persons who are responsible for a particular analysis, including analyses in background
papers, shall be identified. Normally the list will not exceed two pages.
1502.18 Appendix.
If an agency prepares an appendix to an environmental impact statement the appendix