---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1021.2"
title: "16"
number: "1021.2"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1021.2"
---

# §1021.2. Policy.


It is the policy of the Commission to weigh and consider the effects upon the human environment of a proposed action and its reasonable alternatives. Actions will be designed to avoid or minimize adverse effects upon the quality of the human environment wherever practicable.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C 4321-4347; 40 CFR part 1500 et seq.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 69434, Oct. 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted.