Sec.22a-1a-4. Agency-specific and generic environmental classification documents

(a) Each agency may prepare an environmental classification document that conforms to the requirements of this section. A generic statewide environmental classification document, as maintained by the Office of Policy and Management, shall be applicable to all agencies that do not have an approved, agency-specific environmental classification document.

(b) Each environmental classification document shall include, but need not be limited to:

(1) A list of typical agency actions that require public scoping and the preparation of an environmental impact evaluation. This list shall include:

(A) actions which may significantly affect the environment, or

(B) actions which could serve short-term to the disadvantage of long-term environmental goals, and

(2) A list of typical agency actions that require public scoping to determine whether an environmental impact evaluation is required.  This list shall include any action whose degree of effect on the environment is indeterminate in the absence of information on the proposed location and scope of a specific action, but which may significantly affect the environment.

(3) A list of typical federal/state actions for which environmental impact statements are prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, and for which the agency is the cognizant or sponsoring agency in the state.

(c) An environmental classification document may include a list of agency actions or categories of actions that do not warrant a review pursuant to the Act and the CEPA regulations and therefore do not require public scoping or the preparation of an environmental review document pursuant to the Act or the CEPA regulations.

(Effective November 6, 1978; Amended September 9, 2019)