WSP05912

• File Number: 8059
• Description: Section D General Studies-State Water Plan
• State: CO
• Date: 1/12/1972
• Title: Writing the Report 1969-Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Transmittal of Reclamation Instructions-Environmental Quality-Preservation and Enhancement
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Operating Principles/Plan

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Reclamation Instructions

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Series 350 General Instructions

.R3.rt 376 Environmental Quality -
Preservation and Enhancement

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CHAPTER 5 STATEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ll\IIPACT

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(3) Final environmental statements for legislative proposals and for favor-
able reports on legislation, and draft environmental statements, where
appropriate under Section lO(c) of the CEQ Guidelines, will be sent to
the Congress by the Legislative Counsel. Reclamation will transmit
35 copies through the Assistant Secretary - Water and Power Re-
sources, to the Assistant Secretary - Program Policy, who will
endorse the statement, number and date it, and transmit copies to
CEQ, the Legislative Counsel, and the Director of Communications.
No Federal Register notice is required.

(4) The Legislative Counsel may permit deviation from the above proce-
dures if undue delay in the presentation of Departmental views to the
Congress would result.

C. Annual Budqet Estimates.

(1) Environmental statements and summary lists for annual budget esti-
mates shall be handled in accordance with OMB Bulletin 72-6 and
Appendix C of this chapter, as modified below.

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(2) Draft environmental statements for projects and prograrns included ill
annual budget estimates will be prepared and circulated for review and
comment by August 1 of the fiscal year preceding the year under con-
sideration. The draft statements to be circulated should therefore be
based on the proposed program used in the spring review and the
environmental statement information would be available for the Armual
Program Conference. When the Presidential allowances are known,
the Office of the Commissioner will notify the Regionai Director or
the Division Chief in the E&R Center of the fil1al environmental state-
ments which will be needed for transmittal to the Congress and CEQ
prior to Congressional hearings.

(3) Final enviromnental statements for proje~ts ancl prograrn3 includ~cl in
the budget will be transmitted to the Congr~3s by ~118 Assistant
Secretary - Management and Budget and to CEQ by the Assist""t
Secretary - Program Policy following the President's budget tr311S-
rrJ.ittal tc tile CmVJT8SS 8..11d befOl_~e Congres:::ional hearings.

(4) Regional Erectors or t.he responsible E&R Center Division Chief
shail furnish the following budget material in response to the annual
bud'Jet call letter:

(a) A tabulation in format of E;.::hibit 1 to OMB Bulletin 72-6.

(b)

A narrative, by appropriation, for the Bureau's Summ'lry State-
lnent. In the case c.f programs for which it is not possible to
make an assessment of the potential i!npact on the environment,
or to identify environmental statements that will be required, the
narrative may include a statement about general environnlental
impact and the '2xpected timing of decisions regarding the need
for environmental statements.

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