[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: 36CFR805.5]

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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. 805.5  Typical classes of action.

    (a) Section 1507.3(c)(2) (40 CFR 1507.3(c)(2)) in conjunction with 
Sec. 1508.4 requires agencies to establish three typical classes of 
action for similar treatment under NEPA: actions normally requiring EIS; 
actions normally requiring assessments but not necessarily EISs; and 
actions normally not requiring assessments or EISs. Each of the covered 
categories of Council actions generally falls within the second 
category, normally requiring an assessment but not necessarily an EIS.
    (b) The Council shall independently determine whether an EIS or an 
environmental assessment is required where:
    (1) A proposal for Council action is not covered by one of the 
typical classes of action above; or
    (2) For actions which are covered, the presence of extraordinary 
circumstances indicates that some other level of environmental review 
may be appropriate.