Processing and use of environmental documents.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) Environmental assessments will be forwarded immediately upon completion to the decisionmaker for a determination of whether the proposed action may have significant effects on the quality of the human environment, and for the execution, as appropriate, of a finding of no significant impact or a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement. This determination is based on information provided in the NEPA document and available in the record. (1) The availability of environmental assessments will be announced by publishing a notice consistent with the notification provisions of § 372.7. (2) Comments, if any, will be transmitted, together with any analyses and recommendations, to the APHIS decisionmaker who may then take appropriate action. (3) Changes to environmental assessments and findings of no significant impact that are prompted by comments, new information, or any other source, will normally be announced in the same manner as the notice of availability prior to implementing the proposed action or any alternative. APHIS will mail notice upon request. (b) Environmental impact statements will be processed from inception (publication of the notice of intent) to completion (publication of a final environmental impact statement or a supplement) according to the Council on Environmental Quality implementing regulations. (c) For rulemaking or adjudicatory proceedings, relevant environmental documents, comments, and responses will be a part of the administrati

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 372.8