[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: 40CFR1502.19]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

               CHAPTER V--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

PART 1502_ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1502.19  Circulation of the environmental impact statement.



    Agencies shall circulate the entire draft and final environmental 

impact statements except for certain appendices as provided in Sec.  

1502.18(d) and unchanged statements as provided in Sec.  1503.4(c). 

However, if the statement is unusually long, the agency may circulate 

the summary instead, except that the entire statement shall be furnished 

to:

    (a) Any Federal agency which has jurisdiction by law or special 

expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved and any 

appropriate Federal, State or local agency authorized to develop and 

enforce environmental standards.

    (b) The applicant, if any.

    (c) Any person, organization, or agency requesting the entire 

environmental impact statement.

    (d) In the case of a final environmental impact statement any 

person, organization, or agency which submitted substantive comments on 

the draft.



If the agency circulates the summary and thereafter receives a timely 

request for the entire statement and for additional time to comment, the 

time for that requestor only shall be extended by at least 15 days 

beyond the minimum period.