[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 18CFR380.9]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 380_REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 
ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 380.9  Public availability of NEPA documents and public notice of NEPA related hearings and public meetings.

    (a)(1) The Commission will comply with the requirements of 40 CFR 
1506.6 of the regulations of the Council for public involvement in NEPA.
    (2) If an action has effects of primarily local concern, the 
Commission may give additional notice in a Commission order.
    (b) The Commission will make environmental impact statements, 
environmental assessments, the comments received, and any underlaying 
documents available to the public pursuant to the provisions of the 
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552 (1982)). The exclusion in the 
Freedom of Information Act for interagency memoranda is not applicable 
where such memoranda transmit comments of Federal agencies on the 
environmental impact of the proposed action. Such materials will be made 
available to the public at the Commission's Public Reference Room at 888 
First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426 at a fee and in the 
manner described in Part 388 of this chapter. A copy of an environmental 
impact statement or environmental assessment for hydroelectric projects 
may also be made available for inspection at the Commission's regional 
office for the region where the proposed action is located.

[Order 486, 52 FR 47910, Dec. 17, 1987, as amended by Order 603-A, 64 FR 
54537, Oct. 7, 1999]