Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 45 - Public Welfare last revised: Nov 19, 2024
§ 900.405 - Proposals normally requiring an EIS.

An EIS will normally be required for:

(a) Large scale infrastructure construction efforts such as the relocation of an entire community;

(b) A project that requires a formal consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act; or

(c) Where implementation of the proposal may directly cause or induce changes that significantly:

(1) Displace population;

(2) Alter the character of existing residential areas; or

(3) Adversely affect a floodplain.

authority: 42 U.S.C. 3121,4321; 40 CFR parts 1500 through1508
source: 81 FR 53033, Aug. 11, 2016, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 45 CFR 900.405