§ 1216.401 — Findings of no significant impact.

§ 1216.401 Findings of no significant impact.

(a) NASA will prepare a finding of no significant impact if NASA determines, based on the environmental assessment, not to prepare an environmental impact statement because the proposed action or project at hand will not have significant effects. The finding of no significant impact will:

(1) Include the environmental assessment or incorporate it by reference.

(2) Document the reasons why NASA has determined that the selected alternative will not have a significant adverse effect on the quality of the human environment.

(3) State the authority for any mitigation that NASA has assumed and any applicable monitoring or enforcement provisions. If NASA finds no significant effects based on mitigation, the mitigated finding of no significant impact will state any mitigation requirements enforceable by the agency or voluntary mitigation commitments that will be undertaken to avoid significant effects.

(4) Identify any other environmental documents related to the finding of no significant impact.

(5) State that an environmental impact statement will not be prepared, concluding the NEPA process for that action.

(b) The agency will make the environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact available on a public-facing website.