Chapter 8: Preparing an Environmental Assessment

Section 8.1: Preparing to Write an Environmental Assessment (EA)

• 40 CFR 1508.9
   
• Forty Most Asked Questions Concerning CEQ's NEPA Regulations, Question 36a 

Section 8.2: Public Involvement

• 40 CFR 1501.4(e)(2)
   
• 40 CFR 1500.2(d)
   
• 40 CFR 1506.6
   
• 40 CFR 1506.6(b) 

Section 8.3: EA Format

• 40 CFR 1508.9(b)
   
• Current Description of Program-Specific Requirements Related to EAs
   
• BLM's Land Use Planning Handbook H-1601-1 (PDF)
   
• Freedom of Information Act
     
• Techniques for Documenting a No Action Alternative in an EA
   
• 40 CFR 1501.7
   
• 40 CFR 1508.9(b)
   
• FLPMA: See Section 102(2)(E) (PDF)
   
• Forty Most Asked Questions Concerning CEQ's NEPA Regulations, Question 39 

Section 8.4 Determination of Significance

• Forty Most Asked Questions Concerning CEQ's NEPA Regulations, Question 13
   
• 40 CFR 1508.13
   
• Forty Most Asked Questions Concerning CEQ's NEPA Regulations, Question 37a
   
• 40 CFR 1501.7(a)(5)
   
• 40 CFR 1501.4(e)(2)
   
• 40 CFR 1501.4(e)(1)
   
• Forty Most Asked Questions Concerning CEQ's NEPA Regulations, Question 37b
   
• Executive Order 11990, sec. 2(b) (PDF)
   
• Executive Order 11988, sec. 2(a)(4) (PDF)
   
• 516 DM 2.3(C) (Superseded)
   
• Examples of FONSIs

Section 8.5 The Decision Record

• 40 CFR 1506.6(b)
   
• Forty Most Asked Questions Concerning CEQ's NEPA Regulations, Question 38
   
• Examples of Decision Records

Section 8.6: Implementation

• Program-Specific Guidance Regarding Protestand Appeal Provisions and Timing of Implementation Relative to Public Notification