[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR26.5]

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            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
          CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED)
 
PART 26--ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) 
ACTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 26.5  Responsibiities.

    (a) The Director of the Office of Environmental Affairs shall:
    (1) Be responsible to coordinate and provide guidance to VA elements 
on all environmental matters;
    (2) Assist in the preparation of environmental documents by VA 
elements; and, where more than one VA element, or Federal, State, or 
local agency is involved, assign the lead VA element or propose the lead 
Federal, State or local agency to prepare the environmental documents;
    (3) Recommend appropriate actions to the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs on those environmental matters for which the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs has final approval authority;
    (4) Assist in resolution of disputes concerning environmental 
matters within VA, and among VA and other Federal, State and local 
agencies;
    (5) Coordinate preparation of VA comments on draft and final 
environmental impact statements of other agencies;
    (6) Serve as the VA's principal liaison to the CEQ, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Management and Budget, 
and other Federal, State, and local agencies on VA environmental 
actions; and
    (7) Prepare appropriate supplemental guidance on implementation of 
these regulations.
    (b) VA General Counsel shall provide legal advice and assistance in 
meeting the requirement of NEPA, the CEQ Regulations and these 
regulations.

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    (c) The heads of each VA element shall:
    (1) Adopt procedures to ensure that decisions are made in accordance 
with NEPA, the CEQ Regulations and these regulations; and
    (2) Be responsible to prepare environmental documents relating to 
programs and proposed actions by their elements, when required by these 
regulations.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321-4370a)