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<br />. " <br /> <br />Reclamation Instructions <br /> <br />Series 350 General Instructions <br /> <br />Part 376 Environmental Quality - <br />Preservation and Enhancement <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAPTER 5 STATEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br /> <br />376. 5. 4C <br /> <br />a proposed action document throu.Jh the Bureau's review process. It <br />may be circulated concurrently with the review process as long as final <br />decisions are not made prior to IApartlnental cle9.rance or the Final <br />Environmental Statement (see. 4C below). <br /> <br />C. Final Environmental Statement. This should be complete in all elements <br />and must incorporate r_exi~'.v comments, including discussions of unresolved <br />issues~' A copy of the r8'liew camnlents o"{ Bach "agency and interested party <br />is -included with the Final Environmental Statement (see Appencllx A-7). <br />The final environmental statement shoulcl accompany a proposed action <br />document through the Departmentl s fin'3.1 decisionmaking process. <br /> <br />D. Lead Agency. ITLead Agency:! is the Federal agency having primary <br />authority for committing the Federal GO'Jermnent to a course of action. <br />An Ir~en~y II is usually thought to mean the Qep'artmenta~ level. The <br />definition of rrl-:?ad bureau I! within an lIagency II would be idsmtical to that <br />of IIlead agency.'1 Where the authority of agencies or bur<:;aus is more or <br />less equal~ and the consequences are Tnajor for each, a determination <br />will be sought by the Office of the Commissioner through the Assistant <br />Secretary - Program Policy. <br /> <br />.5 Responsibility. ResponsibilHy with regard to environmental statements follows <br />the delineation of fnnction'3..1 responsibilities in DIv1155 (included in the Bureau IS <br />Executi~jE TvTanu3.l as Dl~'5), and the following: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A. Regions and EuR Center. <br /> <br />(1) Regional Directors, the Chief~ Division ,Jf Atmospheric. 'IiVater Re- <br />sources }Jlan3,gement, the Chief, Di'lrision of General Research, and <br />the Chief, Western U. S. Water Plan, each within his a.rea of principal <br />functional responsibility, determine the need for 3.nd prepare environ- <br />mental stat>::lnents. <br /> <br />(2) The E&R. Center divisions, under U"1'2 c: )cTdination :...,f C8d'2 80(\ review <br />draft en'lironm'2ntal statemer.ts directed to thern and assist the l'e'Jions, <br />when requested, by providing information for environrne?ltal statements.. <br /> <br />B. Office of the Conlmissioner. <br /> <br />(1) The division of fUJlctional concern in the Office of the Commissioner <br />is responsible for reviE:w and processing of en"\Jironmental statements. <br /> <br />(2) The Office of Assistant to the COlnmissioner - Ecolo(JY provides co- <br />ordination and ad-lice en environmental statements, and responds to <br />requests from other aqencies and individuals for copies of Reclamation <br />environmental statements. <br /> <br />" <br />.0 <br /> <br />Bureau Actions Requir'2..nq Environmental Statements. Bureau plans and actions <br />of the following types ~y require environmental impact staternents. This list <br />is, in itself, neither manaatory nor all-inclusive~ and the responsible official <br />must base his jud;rment on the criteria in . 7 below. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />376-4 - 1/12/72 <br /> <br />0230 <br />