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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obtain the comments of any Federal agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise
with respect to any environmental impact involved. Copies of such statement and the
comments and views of the appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, which are
authorized to develop and enforce environmental standards, shall be made available to the
President, the Council on Environmental Quality and to the public as provided by section 552
of title 5, United States Code, and shall accompany the proposal through the existing agency
review processes;
(D) Any detailed statement required under subparagraph (c) after January 1, 1970,
for any major Federal action funded under a program of grants to States shall not be deemed
to be legally insufficient solely by reason of having been prepared by a State agency or
official, if:
(i) the State agency or official has statewide jurisdiction and has the responsibility for
such action,
(ii) the responsible Federal official furnishes guidance and participates in such
preparation,
(iii) the responsible Federal official independently evaluates such statement prior to
its approval and adoption, and
(iv) after January 1, 1976, the responsible Federal official provides early
notification to, and solicits the views of, any other State or any Federal land management
entity of any action or any alternative thereto which may have significant impacts upon such
State or affected Federal land management entity and, if there is any disagreement on such
impacts, prepares a written assessment of such impacts and views for incorporation into such
detailed statement.
The procedures in this subparagraph shall not relieve the Federal official of his
responsibilities for the scope, objectivity, and content of the entire statement or of any other
responsibility under this Act; and further, this subparagraph does not affect the legal
sufficiency of statements prepared by State agencies with less than statewide jurisdiction.
(E) Study, develop, and describe appropriate alternatives to recommended courses
of action in' any proposal which involves unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of
available resources;
(F) Recognize the worldwide and long-range character of environmental problems and,
where consistent with the foreign policy of the United States, lend appropriate support to
initiatives, resolutions, and programs designed to maximize international cooperation in
anticipating and preventing a decline in the quality of mankind's world environment;
(G) Make available to States, counties, municipalities, institutions, and
individuals, advice and information useful in restoring, maintainvng, and enhancing the
quality of the environment;
(H) Initiate and utilize ecological information in the planning and development of
resource-oriented projects; and