[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 31]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR1500.5]

[Page 870-871]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER V--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
 
PART 1500_PURPOSE, POLICY, AND MANDATE--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1500.5  Reducing delay.

    Agencies shall reduce delay by:

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    (a) Integrating the NEPA process into early planning (Sec.  1501.2).
    (b) Emphasizing interagency cooperation before the environmental 
impact statement is prepared, rather than submission of adversary 
comments on a completed document (Sec.  1501.6).
    (c) Insuring the swift and fair resolution of lead agency disputes 
(Sec.  1501.5).
    (d) Using the scoping process for an early identification of what 
are and what are not the real issues (Sec.  1501.7).
    (e) Establishing appropriate time limits for the environmental 
impact statement process (Sec.  Sec.  1501.7(b)(2) and 1501.8).
    (f) Preparing environmental impact statements early in the process 
(Sec.  1502.5).
    (g) Integrating NEPA requirements with other environmental review 
and consultation requirements (Sec.  1502.25).
    (h) Eliminating duplication with State and local procedures by 
providing for joint preparation (Sec.  1506.2) and with other Federal 
procedures by providing that an agency may adopt appropriate 
environmental documents prepared by another agency (Sec.  1506.3).
    (i) Combining environmental documents with other documents (Sec.  
1506.4).
    (j) Using accelerated procedures for proposals for legislation 
(Sec.  1506.8).
    (k) Using categorical exclusions to define categories of actions 
which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on 
the human environment (Sec.  1508.4) and which are therefore exempt from 
requirements to prepare an environmental impact statement.
    (l) Using a finding of no significant impact when an action not 
otherwise excluded will not have a significant effect on the human 
environment (Sec.  1508.13) and is therefore exempt from requirements to 
prepare an environmental impact statement.