Regulation Text
(a) There are no categories of agency actions that routinely significantly affect the quality of the human environment and that therefore ordinarily require the preparation of an EIS.
(b) EIS's are prepared for agency actions when evaluation of data or information in an EA or otherwise available to the agency leads to a finding by the responsible agency official that a proposed action may significantly affect the quality of the human environment.
Authority
21 U.S.C. 321-393;42 U.S.C. 262,263b-264;42 U.S.C. 4321,4332;40 CFR parts 1500-1508;E.O. 11514,35 FR 4247,3 CFR, 1971 Comp., p. 531-533 as amended byE.O. 11991,42 FR 26967,3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 123-124 andE.O. 12114,44 FR 1957,3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 356-360.