[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: 32CFR989.24]

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                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                CHAPTER VII--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
PART 989_ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS PROCESS (EIAP)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 989.24  Public notification.

    (a) Except as provided in Sec. 989.26, public notification is 
required for various aspects of the EIAP.
    (b) Activities that require public notification include:
    (1) An EA and FONSI.
    (2) An EIS NOI.
    (3) Public scoping meetings.
    (4) Availability of the draft EIS.
    (5) Public hearings on the draft EIS (which should be included in 
the NOA for the draft EIS).
    (6) Availability of the final EIS.
    (7) The ROD for an EIS.
    (c) For actions of local concern, the list of possible notification 
methods in 40 CFR 1506.6(b)(3) is only illustrative. The EPF may use 
other equally effective means of notification as a substitute for any of 
the methods listed. Because many Air Force actions are of limited 
interest to persons or organizations outside the Air Force, the EPF may 
limit local notification to the SPOC, local government representatives, 
and local news media. For all actions covered under Sec. 989.15(e)(2), 
and for all EIS notices, the public affairs office must purchase with 
EPF funds an advertisement in a prominent section of the local 
newspaper(s) of general circulation (not ``legal'' newspapers or ``legal 
section'' of general newspapers).
    (d) For the purpose of EIAP, the EPF begins the time period of local 
notification when it sends written notification to the state SPOC or 
other equivalent agency (date of letter of notification).

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