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<br />.' <br /> <br />, <br />" <br /> <br />~)-:r:CUTIVC: OFFICe OF Tf~== FC.EC'.INT <br />COU;'lCIL Or..: F.:~~v;;",~o:-J~.~r':::N"'\~/'\L qU;"!-~TV <br />722 JACKSC1; ?~ACE. N. W. <br /> <br />R". <br />,'- ."'" r--I ,._ <br />o. , ~ <br />...,.J'- . '. J <br />-. ~ . .' <br /> <br />'U'" 11 <br />:.1: i.."; ... <br /> <br />OCT 11 1973 <br /> <br />COLO. \'i!.TER <br />CONSER VA nON BOARD <br /> <br />is?3 <br /> <br />WASHINGTO;-1. D. C. 2.0')06 <br /> <br />HEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF AGEl.JCIES <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Revision of agency procedures for preparation <br />of Environmental Impact Statements <br /> <br />On Wednesday, ]I,ugust 1, 1973. 2'.fter extensive consultation <br />wi th interested agencies and opportunity for public cClrunei1t, <br />the Council issuc,d revised guidelines for the preparatio:1 <br />of enviroElnental irnpa.ct stiltements pursuant to Section 102 <br />(2) (C) of the National Envirenmental Policy Act (NEPj\). <br />Attnched is a copy. <br /> <br />Section 1500.3(a) requires agencies to revise their NEP1\ <br />procedures for preparation of imp8ct statements so thRt <br />they conform with the Council's revised guidelines. Thi". <br />requirement applies to procedures issued c.t both the de- <br />partmental and sub-departmental level. Attnchrr.cnt 1\ to <br />this memorandum is a list of some of the major changes be- <br />tl-Ieen the Council's new guidelines and its April 1971 <br />guidelines that should be considered by your staff, The <br />Council's staff will contact your staff in the very near <br />future to arrange for timely consultRtion, pursuant to <br />the requiremcmts of Section 1500.3 (a), on the specific <br />changes required in your agency's procedures. <br /> <br />The effective date for the new guidelines (incorrectly <br />listed in the Fed,,!,r<3l Reed.ster as a result of a typesetting <br />error as January 28, 1973) is January 28, 1974_ Revised <br />agency NEPA procedures <3re required to be published in <br />the Feder"l Reaister in proposed fom for F_lblic cOlnm~nt <br />before November 1, 1973, and in final form no later than <br />January 28, 1974. Draft nnd final impact statements filed <br />with the Council after tn3t date are formally subject to <br />the requirements of the new guidelines, <br /> <br />\)~~~ <br /> <br />