18 Cfr 380.1

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
and the Commission (or the Commission’s delegate pursuant to § 376.204, as
appropriate) may extend, with respect
to the matters addressed in this section, as appropriate:
(1) The time periods and dates for filings with the Commission, a decisional
employee, or a presiding officer;
(2) The time periods and dates for reports, submissions and notifications to
the Commission, a decisional employee, or a presiding officer; and
(3) The time periods and dates for actions by the Commission, a decisional
employee, or a presiding officer.

§ 380.1

Purpose.

The regulations in this part implement the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA). These regulations supplement the regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality, 40 CFR parts
1500 through 1508. The Commission will
comply with the regulations of the
Council on Environmental Quality except where those regulations are inconsistent with the statutory requirements of the Commission.

[Order 765, 77 FR 43490, July 25, 2012]

[Order 486, 52 FR 47910, Dec. 17, 1987, as
amended by Order 756, 77 FR 4895, Feb. 1,
2012]

PART 380—REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT

§ 380.2

Sec.
380.1 Purpose.
380.2 Definitions and terminology.
380.3 Environmental information to be supplied by an applicant.
380.4 Projects or actions categorically excluded.
380.5 Actions that require an environmental
assessment.
380.6 Actions that require an environmental
impact statement.
380.7 Format of an environmental impact
statement.
380.8 Preparation of environmental documents.
380.9 Public availability of NEPA documents and public notice of NEPA related
hearings and public meetings.
380.10 Participation in Commission proceedings.
380.11 Environmental decisionmaking.
380.12 Environmental reports for Natural
Gas Act applications.
380.13 Compliance with the Endangered Species Act.
380.14 Compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act.
380.15 Siting and maintenance requirements.
380.16 Environmental reports for section 216
Federal Power Act Permits.
APPENDIX A TO PART 380—MINIMUM FILING
REQUIREMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS UNDER THE NATURAL GAS ACT
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§ 380.2

AUTHORITY: 42 U.S.C. 4321–4370h, 7101–7352;
E.O. 12009, 3 CFR 1978 Comp., p. 142.
SOURCE: Order 486, 52 FR 47910, Dec. 17,
1987, unless otherwise noted.

Definitions and terminology.

For purposes of this part—
(a) Categorical exclusion means a category of actions described in § 380.4,
which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the
human environment and which the
Commission has found to have no such
effect and for which, therefore, neither
an environmental assessment nor an
environmental impact statement is required. The Commission may decide to
prepare environmental assessments for
the reasons stated in § 380.4(b).
(b) Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
(c) Council means the Council on Environmental Quality.
(d) Environmental assessment means a
concise public document for which the
Commission is responsible that serves
to:
(1) Briefly provide sufficient evidence
and analysis for determining whether
to prepare an environmental impact
statement or a finding of no significant
impact.
(2) Aid the Commission’s compliance
with NEPA when no environmental impact statement is necessary.
(3) Facilitate preparation of a statement when one is necessary. Environmental assessments must include brief
discussions of the need for the proposal, of alternatives as required by
section 102(2)(E) of NEPA, of the environmental impacts of the proposed action and alternatives, and a listing of
agencies and persons consulted.

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