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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legislative environmental impact statement shall be considered part of the formal transmittal
of a legislative proposal to Congress; however, it may be transmitted to Congress up to 30
days later in order to allow time for completion of an accurate statement which can serve as
the basis for public and Congressional debate. The statement must be available in time for
Congressional hearings and deliberations.
(b) Preparation of a legislative environmental impact statement shall conform to the
requirements of these regulations except as follows:
(1) There need not be a scoping process.
(2) The legislative statement shall be prepared in the same manner as a draft statement,
but shall be considered the "detailed statement" required by statute; Provided, That when any
of the following conditions exist both the draft and final environmental impact statement on
the legislative proposal shall be prepared and circulated as provided by SS 1503.1 and
1506.10.
(i) A Congressional Committee with jurisdiction over the proposal has a rule requiring
both draft and final environmental impact statements.
(ii) The proposal results from a study process required by statute (such as those required
by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.) and the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.)).
(iii) Legislative approval is sought for Federal or federally assisted construction or
other projects which the agency recommends be located at specific geographic locations. For
proposals requiring an environmental impact statement for the acquisition of space by the
General Services Administration, adraft statement shall accompany the Prospectus or the
11(b) Report of Building Project Surveys to the Congress, and a final statement shall be
completed before site acquisition.
(iv) The agency decides to prepare draft and fmal statements.
(c) Comments on the legislative statement shall be given to the lead agency which shall
forward them along with its own responses to the Congressional committees with juris-
diction.
1506.9 Filing requirements.
Environmental impact statements together with comments and responses shall be filed with
the Environmental Protection Agency, attention Office of Federal Activities (A-104), 401 M
Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20460. Statements shall be flied with EPA no earlier than
they are also transmitted to commenting agencies and made available to the public. EPA
shall deliver one copy of each statement to the Council, which shall satisfy the requirement
of availability to the President. EPA may issue guidelines to agencies to implement its
responsibilities under this section and SS 1506.10 below.
1506.10 Timing of agency action.
(a) The Environmental Protection Agency shall publish a notice in the Federal Register
each week of the environmental impact statements filed during the preceding week. The
'minimum time periods set forth in this section shall be calculated from the date of publication
of this notice.