Notice of Policy and Procedures for Voluntary Preparation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Documents

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EPA is today withdrawing its May 7, 1974 Statement of Policy for Voluntary Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) (39 FR 16186) and publishing a Statement of Policy for Voluntary Preparation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Documents. The new Statement of Policy updates Agency policy to make it more consistent with current practice. This policy change widens the scope of Agency activities for which a NEPA document may be prepared voluntarily and enables EPA to address actions for which a voluntary EIS would have been prepared previously with a voluntary Environmental Assessment (EA) if appropriate. Additionally, EPA is withdrawing the Procedures for the Voluntary Preparation (39 FR 37419, October 21, 1974) and instead will use procedures as set out at 40 CFR Part 6, Subparts A through D, as specified below.