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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unquantified environmental amenities and values may be given appropriate consideration.
(c) Prepare adequate environmental impact statements pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) and
comment on statements in the areas where the agency has jurisdiction by law or special
expertise or is authorized to develop and enforce environmental standards.
(d) Study, develop, and describe alternatives to recommended courses of action in any
proposal which involves unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of available re-
sources. This requirement of Sec. 102(2)(E) extends to all such proposals, not just the more
limited scope of Sec. 102(2)(C)(iii) where the discussion of alternatives is confined to impact
statements.
(e) Comply with the requirements of Sec. 102(2)(H) that the agency initiate and utilize
ecological information in the planning and development of resource-oriented projects.
(f) Fulfill the requirements of sections 102(2)(F), 102(2)(G), and 102(2)(I), of the Act
and of Executive Order 11514, Protection and Enhancement of Environmental Quality, Sec.
2.
1507.3 Agency procedures.
(a) Not later than eight months after publication of these regulations as finally adopted
in the FEDERAL REGISTER, or five months after the establishment of an agency,
whichever shall come later, each agency shall as necessary adopt procedures to supplement
these regulations. When the agency is a department, major subunits are encouraged (with the
consent of the department) to adopt their own procedures. Such procedures shall not
paraphrase these regulations. They shall confine themselves to implementing procedures.
Each agency shall consult with the Council while developing its procedures and before
publishing them in the FEDERAL REGISTER for comment. Agencies with similar
programs should consult with each other and the Council to coordinate their procedures,
especially for programs requesting similar information from applicants. The procedures shall
be adopted only after an opportunity for public review and after review by the Council for
conformity with the Act and these regulations. The Council shall complete its review within
30 days. Once in effect they shall be filed with the Council and made readily available to the
public. Agencies are encouraged to publish explanatory guidance for these regulations and
their own procedures. Agencies shall continue to review their policies and procedures and in
consultation with the Council to revise them as necessary to ensure full compliance with the
purposes and provisions of the Act.
(b) Agency procedures shall comply with these regulations except where compliance
would be inconsistent with statutory requirements and shall include:
(1) Those procedures required by SS 1501.2(d), 1502.9(c)(3), 1505.1, 1506.6(e), and
1508.4.
(2) Specific criteria for and identification of those typical classes of action:
(i) Which normally do require environmental impact statements.
(ii) Which normally do not require either an environmental impact statement or an
environmental assessment (categorical exclusions (SS 1508.4)).
(iii) Which normally require environmental assessments but not necessarily
environmental impact statements.
(c) Agency procedures may include specific criteria for providing limited exceptions to