[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR641.15]

[Page 185]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
 
PART 641--ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSED NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ACTIONS IN ANTARCTICA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 641.15  Preliminary environmental review.

    (a) The responsible official shall be notified early in the general 
planning process of actions proposed by USAP components that may have 
impacts on the Antarctic environment, so that environmental review may 
be integrated into the planning and decisionmaking processes. The 
responsible official shall conduct a preliminary environmental review of 
each action, including consideration of the potential direct and 
reasonably foreseeable indirect effects of a proposed action on the 
Antarctic environment.
    (b) If, on the basis of the preliminary environmental review, the 
responsible official determines that an action will have less than a 
minor or transitory impact on the Antarctic environment, he will prepare 
an Environmental Action Memorandum briefly summarizing the environmental 
issues considered and conclusions drawn from the review. No further 
environmental review shall be necessary.