[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR989.20]

[Page 252]
 
                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                CHAPTER VII--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
PART 989_ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS PROCESS (EIAP)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 989.20  Final EIS.

    (a) If changes in the draft EIS are minor or limited to factual 
corrections and responses to comments, the proponent and EPF may, with 
the prior approval of HQ USAF/ILEB and SAF/MIQ, prepare a document 
containing only comments on the Draft EIS, Air Force responses, and 
errata sheets of changes staffed to the HQ USAF ESOHC for coordination. 
However, the EPF must submit the Draft EIS and all of the above 
documents, with a new cover sheet indicating that it is a final EIS (40 
CFR 1503.4(c)), to HQ USAF/ILEB for filing with the EPA (40 CFR 1506.9). 
If more extensive modifications are required, the EPF must prepare a 
preliminary final EIS incorporating these modifications for coordination 
within the Air Force. Regardless of which procedure is followed, the 
final EIS must be processed in the same way as the draft EIS, including 
receipt of copies of the EIS by SAF/LLP, except that the public need not 
be invited to comment during the 30-day post-filing waiting period. The 
Final EIS should be furnished to every person, organization, or agency 
that made substantive comments on the Draft EIS or requested a copy. 
Although the EPF is not required to respond to public comments received 
during this period, comments received must be considered in determining 
final decisions such as identifying the preferred alternative, 
appropriate mitigations, or if a supplemental analysis is required.
    (b) The EPF processes all necessary supplements to EISs (40 CFR 
1502.9) in the same way as the original Draft and Final EIS, except that 
a new scoping process is not required.
    (c) If major steps to advance the proposal have not occurred within 
5 years from the date of the Final EIS approval, reevaluation of the 
documentation should be accomplished to ensure its continued validity.

[64 FR 38129, July 15, 1999; 66 FR 16868, Mar. 28, 2001]