40 CFR 1501.3 : Protection Of Environment (§ 1.1 To Parts 1851-1899) — (§ 1060.1 To Parts 1851-1899) — Council On Environmental Quality (§ 1500.1 To Parts 1519-1599) — Nepa And Agency Planning (§ 1501.1 To § 1501.8) — When to prepare an environmental assessment.

4 Aug 2016

(a) Agencies shall prepare an environmental assessment (§ 1508.9) when necessary under the procedures adopted by individual agencies to supplement these regulations as described in § 1507.3. An assessment is not necessary if the agency has decided to prepare an environmental impact statement.

(b) Agencies may prepare an environmental assessment on any action at any time in order to assist agency planning and decisionmaking.

40 CFR 1501.3