§ 1216.601 Public notice during the NEPA process.
(a)For every environmental impact statement prepared by NASA, the following requirements, at a minimum, shall be implemented:
(1)Publication of a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement on a public-facing website. The notice of intent for an environmental impact statement will include a request for public comments on alternatives or effects and on relevant information, studies, or analyses with respect to the proposed agency action. In addition to a request for comment required for notices of intent for environmental impact statements, the notice of intent may include:
(i)The purpose and need for the proposed action;
(ii)A preliminary description of the proposed action and alternatives the environmental impact s
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§ 1216.601 Public notice during the NEPA process.
(a) For every environmental impact statement prepared by NASA, the following requirements, at a minimum, shall be implemented:
(1) Publication of a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement on a public-facing website. The notice of intent for an environmental impact statement will include a request for public comments on alternatives or effects and on relevant information, studies, or analyses with respect to the proposed agency action. In addition to a request for comment required for notices of intent for environmental impact statements, the notice of intent may include:
(i) The purpose and need for the proposed action;
(ii) A preliminary description of the proposed action and alternatives the environmental impact statement will consider;
(iii) A brief summary of expected effects;
(iv) Anticipated permits and other authorizations (i.e., anticipated related actions);
(v) A schedule for the decision-making process;
(vi) A description of the public scoping process, including any scoping meeting(s);
(vii) Contact information for a person within NASA who can answer questions about the proposed action and the environmental impact statement; and
(viii) Identification of any cooperating and participating agencies and any information that such agencies require in the notice to facilitate their decisions or authorizations.
(2) Publication of a notice of availability and notice of additional public meetings, and/or additional request for comments (collectively, “NOA”), as applicable, for the environmental impact statement on a public-facing website.
(i) The NOA may solicit public comment on the sufficiency of the environmental analysis set forth in the environmental impact statement, and should announce the date, time, and location of any public meetings, either in-person or virtual, concerning the proposed action.
(ii) [Reserved]
(3) Publication of the record of decision, if applicable, on a public-facing website.
(b) For every environmental assessment prepared by NASA, the following requirements, at a minimum, shall be implemented:
(1) NASA will provide notice on a public-facing website that an environmental assessment will be prepared.
(2) NASA will make the environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact available on a public-facing website.
(c) NASA may use an early and open process to determine the scope of issues for analysis in an environmental document, including identifying substantive issues that meaningfully inform the consideration of environmental effects and the resulting decision on how to proceed, eliminating from further study non-substantive issues, and determining whether connected actions should be addressed in the same environmental document. Scoping may begin as soon as practicable after the proposal for action is sufficiently developed for consideration. Scoping may include appropriate pre-application procedures or work conducted prior to publication of the notice of intent.