[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR50.42]

[Page 375]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 50_PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY--Table of 
Contents
 
                Subpart F_Environmental Impact Statements
 
Sec. 50.42  Cases when an EIS is required.

    (a) An EIS is required if the proposal is determined to have a 
significant impact on the human environment pursuant to subpart E.
    (b) An EIS will normally be required if the proposal:
    (1) Would provide a site or sites for hospitals or nursing homes 
containing a total of 2,500 or more beds; or
    (2) Would remove, demolish, convert, or substantially rehabilitate 
2,500 or more existing housing units (but not including rehabilitation 
projects categorically excluded under Sec. 50.20), or which would 
result in the construction or installation of 2,500 or more housing 
units, or which would provide sites for 2,500 or more housing units.
    (c) When the environmental concerns of one or more Federal 
authorities cited in Sec. 50.4 will be affected by the proposal, the 
cumulative impact of all such effects should be assessed to determine 
whether an EIS is required. Where all of the affected authorities 
provide alternative procedures for resolution, those procedures should 
be used in lieu of an EIS.