[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR641.15]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 641_ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSED NATIONAL 

SCIENCE FOUNDATION ACTIONS IN ANTARCTICA--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 641.15  Preliminary environmental review.



    (a) The responsible official shall be notified early in the general 

planning process of actions proposed by USAP components that may have 

impacts on the Antarctic environment, so that environmental review may 

be integrated into the planning and decisionmaking processes. The 

responsible official shall conduct a preliminary environmental review of 

each action, including consideration of the potential direct and 

reasonably foreseeable indirect effects of a proposed action on the 

Antarctic environment.

    (b) If, on the basis of the preliminary environmental review, the 

responsible official determines that an action will have less than a 

minor or transitory impact on the Antarctic environment, he will prepare 

an Environmental Action Memorandum briefly summarizing the environmental 

issues considered and conclusions drawn from the review. No further 

environmental review shall be necessary.