[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: 14CFR1216.309]

[Page 162-163]
 
                     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.  1216.309  Public involvement.

    (a) Interested persons can get information on NASA environmental 
impact statements and other aspects of NASA's NEPA process by contacting 
the Assistant Associate Administrator for Facilities Engineering, Code 
NX, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, 202-453-1965. Pertinent 
information regarding any aspect of the NEPA process may also be mailed 
to the above address.
    (b) Responsible Headquarters officials and NASA Field Installation 
Directors shall identify those persons, community organizations, and 
environmental interest groups who may be interested or affected by the 
proposed NASA action and who should be involved in the NEPA process. 
They shall submit a list of such persons and organizations to the 
Associate Administrator for Management at the same time they submit:
    (1) A recommendation regarding a ``Finding of No Significant 
Impact,''
    (2) A ``Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS,''
    (3) A recommendation for public hearings,
    (4) A preliminary draft EIS,
    (5) A preliminary final EIS,

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    (6) Other preliminary environmental documents (14 CFR 1216.321(d)).
    (c) The Associate Administrator for Management may modify such lists 
referred to in paragraph (b) of this section as appropriate to ensure 
that NASA shall comply, to the fullest extent practicable, with 40 CFR 
1506.6 of the CEQ Regulations and section 2-4(d) of Executive Order 
12114.
    (d) The decision whether to hold public hearings shall be made by 
the Associate Administrator for Management in consultation with the 
General Counsel.

[53 FR 9762, Mar. 25, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 50507, Oct. 7, 1991]