[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: 14CFR1216.309]



[Page 160-161]

 

                     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. 1216.309  Public involvement.



    (a) Interested persons can get information on NASA environmental 

impact statements and other aspects of NASA's NEPA process by contacting 

the Assistant Associate Administrator for Facilities Engineering, Code 

NX, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, 202-453-1965. Pertinent 

information regarding any aspect of the NEPA process may also be mailed 

to the above address.

    (b) Responsible Headquarters officials and NASA Field Installation 

Directors shall identify those persons, community organizations, and 

environmental interest groups who may be interested or affected by the 

proposed NASA action and who should be involved in the NEPA process. 

They shall submit a list of such persons and organizations to the 

Associate Administrator for Management at the same time they submit:

    (1) A recommendation regarding a ``Finding of No Significant 

Impact,''

    (2) A ``Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS,''

    (3) A recommendation for public hearings,

    (4) A preliminary draft EIS,

    (5) A preliminary final EIS,



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    (6) Other preliminary environmental documents (14 CFR 1216.321(d)).

    (c) The Associate Administrator for Management may modify such lists 

referred to in paragraph (b) of this section as appropriate to ensure 

that NASA shall comply, to the fullest extent practicable, with 40 CFR 

1506.6 of the CEQ Regulations and section 2-4(d) of Executive Order 

12114.

    (d) The decision whether to hold public hearings shall be made by 

the Associate Administrator for Management in consultation with the 

General Counsel.



[53 FR 9762, Mar. 25, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 50507, Oct. 7, 1991]