---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 1216.501"
title: "14"
number: "1216.501"
heading: "Purpose and need."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/1216.501"
---

# §1216.501. Purpose and need.


The environmental impact statement will include the purpose and need for the proposed agency action based on NASA's statutory authority. When the proposed agency action concerns a non-Federal project sponsor, the purpose and need for the proposed agency action will also be informed by the goals of the non-Federal project sponsor.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 7609 et seq.

### Source

Source: 91 FR 39883, July 1, 2026, unless otherwise noted.