[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR1216.303]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1216_ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart 1216.3_Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental 

                            Policy Act (NEPA)

 

Sec. 1216.303  Responsibilities of NASA officials.



    (a) The Associate Administrator for Management or designee, who is 

responsible for developing the procedures of this subpart and for 

ensuring that environmental factors are properly considered in all NASA 

planning and decisionmaking, shall:

    (1) Monitor these processes to ensure that the agency procedures are 

achieving their purposes;

    (2) Advise line management and inform NASA employees of technical 

and management requirements of environmental analysis, of appropriate 

expertise available in and out of NASA, and--with the assistance of the 

NASA General Counsel--of relevant legal developments; and

    (3) Consolidate and transmit to the appropriate parties NASA 

comments on environmental impact statements and other environmental 

reports prepared by other agencies.

    (b) Officials-in-Charge of Headquarters Offices (hereafter termed 

``Headquarters officials'') are responsible for implementing the 

procedures established by these regulations for the consideration and 

documentation of the environmental aspects of the decision processes in 

their respective areas of responsibility.

    (c) The Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs is 

responsible for ensuring that the legislative environmental impact 

statements accompany NASA recommendations or reports on proposals for 

legislation submitted to Congress. The Associate Administrator for 

Management, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)/Comptroller and the 

General Counsel will provide guidance as required.



[44 FR 44485, July 30, 1979, as amended at 53 FR 9761, Mar. 25, 1988; 56 

FR 50507, Oct. 7, 1991]



                            Agency Procedures