[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: 40CFR1502.15]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

               CHAPTER V--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

PART 1502_ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1502.15  Affected environment.



    The environmental impact statement shall succinctly describe the 

environment of the area(s) to be affected or created by the alternatives 

under consideration. The descriptions shall be no longer than is 

necessary to understand the effects of the alternatives. Data and 

analyses in a statement shall be commensurate with the importance of the 

impact, with less important material summarized, consolidated, or simply 

referenced. Agencies shall avoid useless bulk in statements and shall 

concentrate effort and attention on important issues. Verbose 

descriptions of the affected environment are themselves no measure of 

the adequacy of an environmental impact statement.