[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1216.303]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1216_ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart 1216.3_Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental 
                            Policy Act (NEPA)
 
Sec.  1216.303  Responsibilities of NASA officials.

    (a) The Associate Administrator for Management or designee, who is 
responsible for developing the procedures of this subpart and for 
ensuring that environmental factors are properly considered in all NASA 
planning and decisionmaking, shall:
    (1) Monitor these processes to ensure that the agency procedures are 
achieving their purposes;
    (2) Advise line management and inform NASA employees of technical 
and management requirements of environmental analysis, of appropriate 
expertise available in and out of NASA, and--with the assistance of the 
NASA General Counsel--of relevant legal developments; and
    (3) Consolidate and transmit to the appropriate parties NASA 
comments on environmental impact statements and other environmental 
reports prepared by other agencies.
    (b) Officials-in-Charge of Headquarters Offices (hereafter termed 
``Headquarters officials'') are responsible for implementing the 
procedures established by these regulations for the consideration and 
documentation of the environmental aspects of the decision processes in 
their respective areas of responsibility.
    (c) The Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs is 
responsible for ensuring that the legislative environmental impact 
statements accompany NASA recommendations or reports on proposals for 
legislation submitted to Congress. The Associate Administrator for 
Management, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)/Comptroller and the 
General Counsel will provide guidance as required.

[44 FR 44485, July 30, 1979, as amended at 53 FR 9761, Mar. 25, 1988; 56 
FR 50507, Oct. 7, 1991]

                            Agency Procedures