[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR651.41]

[Page 415]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER V--DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 651--ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF ARMY ACTIONS (AR 200-2)--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart F--Environmental Impact Statement
 
Sec. 651.41  Conditions requiring an EIS.

    An EIS is required when a proponent, preparer, or approving 
authority determines that the proposed action has the potential to:
    (a) Significantly affect environmental quality, or public health or 
safety.
    (b) Significantly affect historic (listed or eligible for listing in 
the National Register of Historic Places, maintained by the National 
Park Service, Department of Interior), or cultural, archaeological, or 
scientific resources, public parks and recreation areas, wildlife refuge 
or wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, or aquifers.
    (c) Significantly impact prime and unique farmlands located off-
post, wetlands, floodplains, coastal zones, or ecologically important 
areas, or other areas of unique or critical environmental sensitivity.
    (d) Result in significant or uncertain environmental effects, or 
unique or unknown environmental risks.
    (e) Significantly affect a federally listed threatened or endangered 
plant or animal species, a federal candidate species, a species proposed 
for federal listing, or critical habitat.
    (f) Either establish a precedent for future action or represent a 
decision in principle about a future consideration with significant 
environmental effects.
    (g) Adversely interact with other actions with individually 
insignificant effects so that cumulatively significant environmental 
effects result.
    (h) Involve the production, storage, transportation, use, treatment, 
and disposal of hazardous or toxic materials that may have significant 
environmental impact.
    (i) Be highly controversial from an environmental standpoint.
    (j) Cause loss or destruction of significant scientific, cultural, 
or historical resources.