[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: 40CFR1503.3]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

               CHAPTER V--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

PART 1503_COMMENTING--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1503.3  Specificity of comments.



    (a) Comments on an environmental impact statement or on a proposed 

action shall be as specific as possible and may address either the 

adequacy of the statement or the merits of the alternatives discussed or 

both.

    (b) When a commenting agency criticizes a lead agency's predictive 

methodology, the commenting agency should describe the alternative 

methodology which it prefers and why.



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    (c) A cooperating agency shall specify in its comments whether it 

needs additional information to fulfill other applicable environmental 

reviews or consultation requirements and what information it needs. In 

particular, it shall specify any additional information it needs to 

comment adequately on the draft statement's analysis of significant 

site-specific effects associated with the granting or approving by that 

cooperating agency of necessary Federal permits, licenses, or 

entitlements.

    (d) When a cooperating agency with jurisdiction by law objects to or 

expresses reservations about the proposal on grounds of environmental 

impacts, the agency expressing the objection or reservation shall 

specify the mitigation measures it considers necessary to allow the 

agency to grant or approve applicable permit, license, or related 

requirements or concurrences.