[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: 40CFR1502.8]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

               CHAPTER V--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

PART 1502_ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1502.8  Writing.



    Environmental impact statements shall be written in plain language 

and may use appropriate graphics so that decisionmakers and the public 

can readily understand them. Agencies should employ writers of clear 

prose or editors to write, review, or edit statements, which will be 

based upon the analysis and supporting data from the natural and social 

sciences and the environmental design arts.