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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shall:
(a) Consist of material prepared in connection with an environmental impact statement
(as distinct from material which is not so prepared and which is incorporated by reference
(SS 1502.21)).
(b) Normally consist of material which substantiates any analysis fundamental to the
impact statement.
(c) Normally be analytic and relevant to the decision to be made.
(d} Be circulated with the environmental impact statement or be readily available on
request.
1502.19 Circulation of the environmental impact statement.
Agencies shall circulate the entire draft and fmal environmental impact statements except
for certain appendices as provided in SS 1502.18(d) and unchanged statements as provided in
SS 1503.4(c). However, if the statement is unusually long, the agency may circulate the
summary instead, except that the entire statement shall be furnished to:
(a) Any Federal agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with
respect to any environmental impact involved and any appropriate Federal, State or local
agency authorized to develop and enforce environmental standards.
(b) The applicant, if any.
(c) Any person, organization, or agency requesting the entire environmental
impact statement.
(d) In the case of a final environmental impact statement any person, organization,
or agency which submitted substantive comments on the draft.
If the agency circulates the summary and thereafter receives a timely request for the entire
statement and for additional time to comment, the time for that requestor only shall be
extended by at least 15 days beyond the minimum period.
1502.20 Tiering.
Agencies are encouraged to tier their environmental impact statements to eliminate
repetitive discussions of the same issues and to focus on the actual issues ripe for decision at
each level of environmental review (SS 1508.28). Whenever a broad environmental impact
statement has been prepared (such as a program or policy statement) and a subsequent
statement or environmental assessment is then prepared on an action included within the
entire program or policy (such as a site specific action) the subsequent statement or
environmental assessment need only summarize the issues discussed in the broader statement
and incorporate discussions from the broader statement by reference grid shall concentrate on
the issues specific to the subsequent action. The subsequent document shall state where the
earlier document is available. Tiering may also be appropriate for different stages of actions.
(Sec. 1508.28).
1502.21 Incorporation by reference.
Agencies shall incorporate material into an environmental impact statement by reference