[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR230.12]

[Page 316]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                 DEFENSE
 
PART 230_PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING NEPA--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  230.12  Notice of intent and scoping.

    As soon as practicable after a decision is made to prepare an EIS or 
supplement, the scoping process for the draft EIS or supplement will be 
announced in a notice of intent. Guidance on preparing a notice of 
intent to prepare an EIS for publication in the Federal Register is 
discussed in Appendix C. Also, a public notice will be widely 
distributed inviting public participation in the scoping process. As 
described in 40 CFR 1501.7 and reference 3(m), this process is the key 
to preparing a concise EIS and clarifying the significant issues to be 
analyzed in depth. Public concerns on issues, studies needed, 
alternatives to be examined, procedures and other related matters will 
be addressed during scoping.