[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR805.1]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
                     CHAPTER VIII--ADVISORY COUNCIL
                        ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
 
PART 805--PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 805.1  Background.

    (a) The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) establishes national policies and goals for the protection 
of the environment. Section 102(2) of NEPA contains certain procedural 
requirements directed toward the attainment of such goals. In 
particular, all Federal agencies are required to give appropriate 
consideration to the environmental effects of their proposed actions in 
their decisionmaking and to prepare detailed environmental statements on 
recommendations or reports on proposals for legislation and other major 
Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment.
    (b) Executive Order 11991 of May 24, 1977, directed the Council on 
Environmental Quality (CEQ) to issue regulations to implement the 
procedural provisions of NEPA. Accordingly, CEQ issued final NEPA 
regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508) on November 29, 1978, which are 
binding on all Federal agencies as of July 30, 1979. These regulations 
provide that each Federal agency shall as necessary adopt implementing 
procedures to supplement the regulations. Section 1507.3(b) of the NEPA 
regulations identifies those sections of the regulations which must be 
addressed in agency procedures.