[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR775.8]

[Page 507]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 775_PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 
ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 775.8  Scoping.

    As soon as practicable after the decision to prepare an EIS is made, 
an early and open process called ``scoping'' shall be used to determine 
the scope of issues to be addressed and to identify the significant 
issues to be analyzed in depth related to the proposed action (40 CFR 
1501.7). This process also serves to deemphasize insignificant issues, 
narrowing the scope of the EIS process accordingly (40 CFR 1500.4(g)). 
Scoping results in the identification by the proponent of the range of 
actions, alternatives, and impacts to be considered in the EIS (40 CFR 
1508.25). For any action, this scope may depend on the relationship of 
the proposed action to other existing environmental documentation.