(a) The draft environmental impact statement or appendix shall include a summary of information, including alternatives and analyses, submitted by commenters during the scoping process for consideration by the lead and cooperating agencies in their development of the environmental impact statement.
(b) The agency shall append to the draft environmental impact statement or publish all comments (or summaries thereof where the response has been exceptionally voluminous) received during the scoping process.
authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347;
42 U.S.C. 4371-4375;
42 U.S.C. 7609; and E.O. 11514, 35 FR 4247, 3 CFR, 1966-1970, Comp., p. 902, as amended by E.O. 11991, 42 FR 26967, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 123
source: 85 FR 43363, July 16, 2020, as amended at 89 FR 35554, May 1, 2024, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 1502.17