[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: 40CFR1502.16]



[Page 877-878]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

               CHAPTER V--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

PART 1502_ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1502.16  Environmental consequences.



    This section forms the scientific and analytic basis for the 

comparisons under Sec.  1502.14. It shall consolidate the discussions of 

those elements required by sections 102(2)(C)(i), (ii), (iv), and (v) of 

NEPA which are within the scope of the statement and as much of section 

102(2)(C)(iii) as is necessary to support the comparisons. The 

discussion will include the environmental impacts of the alternatives 

including the proposed action, any adverse environmental effects which 

cannot be avoided should the proposal be implemented, the relationship 

between short-term uses of man's environment and the maintenance and 

enhancement of long-term productivity, and any irreversible or 

irretrievable commitments of resources which would be involved in the 

proposal should it be implemented. This section should not duplicate 

discussions in Sec.  1502.14. It shall include discussions of:

    (a) Direct effects and their significance (Sec.  1508.8).

    (b) Indirect effects and their significance (Sec.  1508.8).

    (c) Possible conflicts between the proposed action and the 

objectives of Federal, regional, State, and local (and in the case of a 

reservation, Indian tribe) land use plans, policies and controls for the 

area concerned. (See Sec.  1506.2(d).)

    (d) The environmental effects of alternatives including the proposed 

action. The comparisons under Sec.  1502.14 will be based on this 

discussion.

    (e) Energy requirements and conservation potential of various 

alternatives and mitigation measures.

    (f) Natural or depletable resource requirements and conservation 

potential of various alternatives and mitigation measures.



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    (g) Urban quality, historic and cultural resources, and the design 

of the built environment, including the reuse and conservation potential 

of various alternatives and mitigation measures.

    (h) Means to mitigate adverse environmental impacts (if not fully 

covered under Sec.  1502.14(f)).



[43 FR 55994, Nov. 29, 1978; 44 FR 873, Jan. 3, 1979]