[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: 14CFR1216.312]

[Page 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.  1216.312  Timing.

    (a) Environmental impact statements are drafted when the 
Headquarters official has determined that the statement shall be 
prepared. No decision to proceed to the development/construction (or 
implementation) phase of the proposed action (the major decision point 
of Sec.  1216.304(b)) shall be made by NASA until the later of the 
following dates (Sec.  1506.10 of the CEQ Regulations);
    (1) Ninety days after publication of an EPA notice of a NASA draft 
EIS.
    (2) Thirty days after publication of an EPA notice of a NASA final 
EIS.
    (b) When necessary to comply with other specific statutory 
requirements, NASA shall consult with and obtain from EPA time periods 
other than those specified by the Council for timing of agency action.