[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR61.6]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 61--PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B--Implementing Procedures
 
Sec. 61.6  Consideration of environmental documents in decisionmaking.

    The NEPA regulations contain requirements to ensure adequate 
consideration of environmental documents in agency decisionmaking. To 
implement

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these requirements, the Department of Justice shall:
    (a) Consider from the earliest possible point in the process all 
relevant environmental documents in evaluating proposals for Department 
action;
    (b) Ensure that all relevant environmental documents, comments and 
responses accompany the proposal through existing Department review 
processes;
    (c) Consider those alternatives encompassed by the range of 
alternatives discussed when evaluating proposals for Department action, 
or if it is desirable to consider substantially different alternatives, 
first supplement the environmental document to include analysis of the 
additional alternatives;
    (d) Where an EIS has been prepared, consider the specific 
alternatives analyzed in the EIS when evaluating the proposal which is 
the subject of the EIS.