40 CFR 1501.5 - Lead agencies
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Part V
...applicable requirements as early in the NEPA review process as possible. Sec. 6.202 Interagency cooperation. (a) Consistent with 40 CFR 1501.5, 1501.6, and 1508.5, the Responsible Official will request other appropriate federal and non- federal agencies to be joint lead or cooperating agenc......
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Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act
...imports the concepts of lead and cooperating agencies, and the different levels of NEPA analysis--EISs, EAs, and CEs. Consistent with 40 CFR 1501.5(e) through (f), CEQ is required to resolve any dispute over designation of a facilitating or lead agency for a covered project. 42 U.S.C. 2(a)(......
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Meetings: National Environmental Policy Act compliance and environmental protection procedures,
...in summarizing the relative responsibilities of all involved agencies. Lead agency responsibility should be determined in accordance with 40 CFR 1501.5. HHS will act as a cooperating agency if requested. HHS may request to be designated as a cooperating agency if proposed actions may affect......
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Environmental Policies and Procedures; Compliance With the National Environmental Policy Act and Related Authorities
...requirements and are not exempt. Sec. 799.13 FSA as lead agency. (a) When FSA acts as the lead agency in a NEPA review as specified in 40 CFR 1501.5, FSA (1) Coordinate its review with other appropriate Federal, State, and Tribal governments; and (2) Request other agencies to act as coopera......
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60 cases
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Central Delta Water v. Fish and Wildlife, No. 1:09-CV-00861 OWW DLB.
...in preparing the EIS, but allow agencies to serve as "joint lead agencies" in order to facilitate inter-agency cooperation. 40 C.F.R. § 1501.5. 4. 5. Plaintiffs' reliance on Sierra Club v. USACE is similarly misplaced. There, the Army Corps of Engineers issued an Environmental Ass......
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Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Ala. Dep't of Transp., CASE NO. 2:11-CV-267-WKW (WO)
...signs the EIS, is responsible for ensuring the involvement of all other agencies involved and supervising the EIS preparation. 40 C.F.R. §§ 1501.5(a), 1501.6(a). . . . Cooperating agencies are permitted to adopt an EIS signed by the lead agency, provided they undertake 'an independent revie......
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Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Dep't of Fish & Wildlife, B245131
...Resources Code, § 210672; Guidelines, §§ 15050–15051.) The corps is the lead agency under the National Environmental Policy Act. ( 40 C.F.R. § 1501.5(a)(2) (2013); see Save Our Ecosystems v. Clark (9th Cir.1984) 747 F.2d 1240, 1249.)b. precertification and issuance events As noted, the spec......
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Westlands Water Dist. v. US Dept. of Interior, No. CV-F-93-5327 OWW SSH.
...government suggests plaintiffs seek simultaneous and redundant NEPA analysis by NMFS and the Bureau. No complainant seeks such relief. 40 C.F.R. § 1501.5 et seq. prescribes the procedure where more than one federal agency is interested in action which requires an EIS by providing a designat......
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Guidance for Managing NEPA-Related Risks and Other Risks in Project Delivery - National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
...de minimis (minimal) or the road either preceded the planning for a park or the road and park were planned 41 40 C.F.R. § 1501.6. 42 40 C.F.R. §§ 1501.5(a), 1501.6(a). 43 40 C.F.R. § 1501.6(a)(2). 44 40 C.F.R. § 1506.3(c). 45 49 U.S.C. § 303(c). 46 See 23 C.F.R. §§ 774.17 (definition of “us......
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DOE Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Small-Scale Natural Gas Exports
...id="_ftn3" name="_ftn3">3 15 U.S.C. § 717b(a) (2012). 4 Id. § 717b(c). 5 40 C.F.R. §§ 1501.4, 1501.5. 6 10 C.F.R. § 1021.410, appendices A & Nelli DoroshkinMark Haskell...
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DOE Issues Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking For Small-Scale Natural Gas Exports
...part 590, subpart C (10 C.F.R. § 590.303-10 C.F.R. § 590.317) (2017). 3 15 U.S.C. § 717b(a) (2012). 4 Id. § 717b(c). 5 40 C.F.R. §§ 1501.4, 1501.5. 6 10 C.F.R. § 1021.410, appendices A & The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist......
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Managing Conflict: Department of the Interior Implementation of 2020 NEPA Regulations
...tribal agencies in the preparation of environmental assessments to invite tribal agencies to participate in the scoping process. See 40 CFR 1501.5(e), 1501.9(b). However, the 2020 NEPA regulations do not specifically provide for involvement by environmental justice communities, noting in th......
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9 books & journal articles
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Statutory and Regulatory Citations
...jurisdiction of those agencies. c. Corps as Cooperating Agency. If another agency is the lead agency as set forth by the CEQ regulations (40 CFR 1501.5 and 1501.6(a) and 1508.16), the district engineer will coordinate with that agency as a cooperating agency under 40 CFR 1501.6(b) and 1508.......
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Statutory and Regulatory Citations
...jurisdiction of those agencies. c. Corps as Cooperating Agency. If another agency is the lead agency as set forth by the CEQ regulations (40 CFR 1501.5 and 1501.6(a) and 1508.16), the district engineer will coordinate with that agency as a cooperating agency under 40 CFR 1501.6(b) and 1508.......
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A Road Map to Net-Zero Emissions for Fossil Fuel Development on Public Lands
...12,794,553 acres). he diference is 14,119 leases (representing 12,757,922 acres) that have not been put into production. 114. 40 C.F.R. §1501.5(a) (2020) (“An agency shall prepare an environmental assessment . . . when the signiicance of the efects is unknown unless the agency inds that a c......
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The Environmental Impact Statement Process
...time. This is particularly useful if the staff is inexperienced or unfamiliar with the project. 24. Brandt-Erichsen, supra note 22. 25. 40 C.F.R. §1501.5 (1996). 26. Id. §1501.5(d). 338 prActicAL guide to environmentAL mAnAgement Assembling a Task Force Federal and state agencies normally d......
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