[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: 32CFR989.4]

[Page 244-245]
 
                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                CHAPTER VII--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
PART 989_ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS PROCESS (EIAP)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 989.4  Initial considerations.

    Air Force personnel will:
    (a) Consider and document environmental effects of proposed Air 
Force actions through AF Forms 813, EAs, FONSIs, EISs, RODs, and 
documents prepared according to E.O. 12114.
    (b) Evaluate proposed actions for possible CATEX from environmental 
impact analysis (appendix B).
    (c) Make environmental documents, comments, and responses, including 
those of other federal agencies, state, Tribal, and local governments, 
and the public, part of the record available for review and use at all 
levels of decisionmaking.
    (d) Review the specific alternatives analyzed in the EIAP when 
evaluating the proposal prior to decisionmaking.
    (e) Ensure that alternatives to be considered by the decisionmaker 
are both reasonable and within the range of alternatives analyzed in the 
environmental documents.
    (f) Pursue the objective of furthering foreign policy and national 
security interests while at the same time considering important 
environmental factors.
    (g) Consider the environmental effects of actions that affect the 
global commons.
    (h) Determine whether any foreign government should be informed of 
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availability of environmental documents. Formal arrangements with 
foreign governments concerning environmental matters and communications 
with foreign governments concerning environmental agreements will be 
coordinated with the Department of State by the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Environment, Safety, and Occupational 
Health (SAF/MIQ) through the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 
(Environmental Security). This coordination requirement does not apply 
to informal working-level communications and arrangements.