[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: 40CFR1504.2]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

               CHAPTER V--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

PART 1504_PREDECISION REFERRALS TO THE COUNCIL OF PROPOSED FEDERAL 

ACTIONS DETERMINED TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY UNSATISFACTORY--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1504.2  Criteria for referral.



    Environmental referrals should be made to the Council only after 

concerted, timely (as early as possible in the process), but 

unsuccessful attempts to resolve differences with the lead agency. In 

determining what environmental objections to the matter are appropriate 

to refer to the Council, an agency should weigh potential adverse 

environmental impacts, considering:

    (a) Possible violation of national environmental standards or 

policies.

    (b) Severity.

    (c) Geographical scope.

    (d) Duration.

    (e) Importance as precedents.

    (f) Availability of environmentally preferable alternatives.



[43 FR 55998, Nov. 29, 1978]