[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 33, Volume 3] [Revised as of July 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 33CFR230.1] [Page 312-313] TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PART 230_PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING NEPA--Table of Contents Sec. 230.1 Purpose. Sec. 230.1 Purpose. 230.2 Applicability. 230.3 References. 230.4 Definitions. 230.5 Responsible officials. 230.6 Actions normally requiring an EIS. 230.7 Actions normally requiring an Environmental Assessment (EA) but not necessarily an EIS. 230.8 Emergency actions. 230.9 Categorical exclusions. 230.10 Environmental Assessments (EA). 230.11 Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). 230.12 Notice of intent and scoping. 230.13 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 230.14 Record of decision and implementation. 230.15 Mitigation and monitoring. 230.16 Lead and cooperating agencies. 230.17 Filing requirements. 230.18 Availability. 230.19 Comments. 230.20 Integration with State and local procedures. 230.21 Adoption. 230.22 Limitations on actions during the NEPA process. 230.23 Predecision referrals. 230.24 Agency decision points. [[Page 313]] 230.25 Environmental review and consultation requirements. 230.26 General considerations in preparing Corps EISs. Appendix A to Part 230--Processing Corps NEPA Documents Appendix B to Part 230 [Reserved] Appendix C to Part 230--Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft EIS Authority: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); E.O. 11514, Protection and Enhancement of Environmental Quality, March 5, 1970, as amended by E.O. 11991, May 24, 1977; and CEQ Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 1507.3). Source: 53 FR 3127, Feb. 3, 1988, unless otherwise noted. This regulation provides guidance for implementation of the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the Civil Works Program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It supplements Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations 40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508, November 29, 1978, in accordance with 40 CFR 1507.3, and is intended to be used only in conjunction with the CEQ regulations. Whenever the guidance in this regulation is unclear or not specific the reader is referred to the CEQ regulations. Appendix A provides guidance on processing NEPA documents except for those concerning regulatory actions. Appendix C (formally ER 200-2-1) has been added to provide guidance on preparing and processing a notice of intent to prepare an EIS for publication in the Federal Register for all types of Corps actions. 33 CFR part 325, Appendix B provides procedural guidance for preparing and processing NEPA documents for regulatory actions.