---
kind: "section"
citation: "1 C.F.R. § 601.13"
title: "1"
number: "601.13"
heading: "Characteristics of Commission actions eligible for an Environmental Assessment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/1/601.13"
---

# §601.13. Characteristics of Commission actions eligible for an Environmental Assessment.

- (a) An EA is a concise document with sufficient information and analysis to enable the Executive Director to determine whether to issue a FONSI or prepare an EIS.
- (b) **Commission actions that generally require an EA exhibit the following characteristics—**
  - (1) Minor but likely insignificant degradation of environmental quality;
  - (2) Minor but likely insignificant cumulative impact on environmental quality; and
  - (3) **Minor but likely insignificant impact on protected resources.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4371; 40 CFR 1507.3

### Source

Source: 82 FR 45424, Sept. 29, 2017; 82 FR 48609, Oct. 19, 2017, unless otherwise noted.