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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business associations.
(vii) Publication in newsletters that may be expected to reach potentially interested
-persons.
(viii) Direct mailing to owners and occupants of nearby or affected property.
(ix) Posting of notice on and off site in the area where the action is to be located.
(c) Hold or sponsor public hearings or public meetings whenever appropriate or in
accordance with statutory requirements applicable to the
agency. Criteria shall include whether there is:
(1) Substantial environmental controversy concerning the proposed action or substantial
interest in holding the hearing.
(2) A request for a hearing by another agency with jurisdiction over the action supported
by reasons why a hearing wig be helpful. If a draft environmental impact statement is to be
considered at a public hearing, the agency should make the statement available to the public
at least 15 days in advance (unless the purpose of the hearing is to provide information for
the draft environmental impact statement).
(d) Solicit appropriate information from the public.
(e) Explain in its procedures where interested persons can get information or status
reports on environmental impact statements and other elements of the NEPA process.
(f) Make environmental impact statements, the comments received, and any underlying
documents available to the public pursuant to the provisions of the Freedom of Information
Act (5 U.S.C. 552), without regard to the exclusion for interagency memoranda where such
memoranda transmit comments of Federal agencies on the environmental impact of the
proposed action. Materials to be made available to the public shall be provided to the public
without charge to the extent practicable, or at a fee which is not more than the actual costs of
reproducing copies required to be sent to other Federal agencies, including the Council.
1506.7 Further guidance.
The Council may provide further guidance concerning NEPA and its procedures including:
(a) A handbook which the Council may supplement from time to time, which shall in
plain language provide guidance and instructions concerning the application of NEPA and
these regulations.
(b) Publication of the Council's Memoranda to Heads of Agencies.
(c) In conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency and the publication of the
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(1) Research activities;
(2) Meetings and conferences related to NEPA; and
(3) Successful and innovative procedures used by agencies to implement NEPA.
1506.8 Proposals for legislation.
(a) The NEPA process for proposals for legislation (SS 1508.17) significantly affecting
the quality of the human environment shall be integrated with the legislative process of the
Congress. A legislative environmental impact statement is the detailed statement required by
law to be included in a recommendation or report on a legislative proposal to Congress. A