[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 40, Volume 30] [Revised as of July 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 40CFR1502.13] [Page 755] TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER V--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PART 1502_ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT--Table of Contents Sec. 1502.13 Purpose and need. The statement shall briefly specify the underlying purpose and need to which the agency is responding in proposing the alternatives including the proposed action.