[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: 40CFR1500.6]



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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.  1500.6  Agency authority.



    Each agency shall interpret the provisions of the Act as a 

supplement to its existing authority and as a mandate to view 

traditional policies and missions in the light of the Act's national 

environmental objectives. Agencies shall review their policies, 

procedures, and regulations accordingly and revise them as necessary to 

insure full compliance with the purposes and provisions of the Act. The 

phrase ``to the fullest extent possible'' in section 102 means that each 

agency of the Federal Government shall comply with that section unless 

existing law applicable to the agency's operations expressly prohibits 

or makes compliance impossible.