[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 31]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 40CFR1500.5]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

               CHAPTER V--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

PART 1500_PURPOSE, POLICY, AND MANDATE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1500.5  Reducing delay.



    Agencies shall reduce delay by:



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    (a) Integrating the NEPA process into early planning (Sec.  1501.2).

    (b) Emphasizing interagency cooperation before the environmental 

impact statement is prepared, rather than submission of adversary 

comments on a completed document (Sec.  1501.6).

    (c) Insuring the swift and fair resolution of lead agency disputes 

(Sec.  1501.5).

    (d) Using the scoping process for an early identification of what 

are and what are not the real issues (Sec.  1501.7).

    (e) Establishing appropriate time limits for the environmental 

impact statement process (Sec. Sec.  1501.7(b)(2) and 1501.8).

    (f) Preparing environmental impact statements early in the process 

(Sec.  1502.5).

    (g) Integrating NEPA requirements with other environmental review 

and consultation requirements (Sec.  1502.25).

    (h) Eliminating duplication with State and local procedures by 

providing for joint preparation (Sec.  1506.2) and with other Federal 

procedures by providing that an agency may adopt appropriate 

environmental documents prepared by another agency (Sec.  1506.3).

    (i) Combining environmental documents with other documents (Sec.  

1506.4).

    (j) Using accelerated procedures for proposals for legislation 

(Sec.  1506.8).

    (k) Using categorical exclusions to define categories of actions 

which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on 

the human environment (Sec.  1508.4) and which are therefore exempt from 

requirements to prepare an environmental impact statement.

    (l) Using a finding of no significant impact when an action not 

otherwise excluded will not have a significant effect on the human 

environment (Sec.  1508.13) and is therefore exempt from requirements to 

prepare an environmental impact statement.