North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 01 - ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
Section .0600 - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
Section 25 .0606 - RECORD OF DECISION
Current through Register Vol. 38, No. 18, March 15, 2024
At the time of its decision to take an action for which an EIS was prepared as a decision-making tool, the responsible agency shall prepare a concise public record of decision not to exceed 4 pages in length. The record may be integrated into any other record prepared by the agency for the proposed activity, but shall include the following information:
(1) a statement of what the decision was and the project or program it was for;
(2) identification of all alternatives considered and specifying those considered environmentally preferable;
(3) a discussion of why the chosen alternative is most appropriate; based upon economic or technical considerations, or agency statutory mission, and how it balances environmental and other state policies;
(4) a certification that all means of avoiding or minimizing environmental impacts set out in the EIS will be incorporated into the project or program, and if not, why they are not. A copy of the record of decision shall be sent to the Clearinghouse to be sent to all review agencies, and a notice of its availability shall be published in the Environmental Bulletin.
Authority
G.S.
113A-1 through
113A-20;
Eff.
February 1, 1986;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. February 2,
2016.
