[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 28]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR1501.3]

[Page 468]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER V--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
 
PART 1501--NEPA AND AGENCY PLANNING--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1501.3  When to prepare an environmental assessment.

    (a) Agencies shall prepare an environmental assessment (Sec. 1508.9) 
when necessary under the procedures adopted by individual agencies to 
supplement these regulations as described in Sec. 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.