---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 25.43"
title: "21"
number: "25.43"
heading: "Records of decision."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/25.43"
---

# §25.43. Records of decision.

- (a) In cases requiring environmental impact statements, at the time of its decision, the agency shall prepare a concise public record of decision.
- (b) **The record of decision shall—**
  - (1) State what the decision was;
  - (2) Identify and discuss alternatives considered by the agency in reaching its decision;
  - (3) State whether all practicable means to avoid or minimize environmental harm have been adopted, and if not, why not; and
  - (4) Summarize the program for monitoring and enforcing the practicable means adopted to avoid or minimize the environmental harm.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321-393; 42 U.S.C. 262, 263b-264; 42 U.S.C. 4321, 4332; 40 CFR parts 1500-1508; E.O. 11514, 35 FR 4247, 3 CFR, 1971 Comp., p. 531-533 as amended by E.O. 11991, 42 FR 26967, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 123-124 and E.O. 12114, 44 FR 1957, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 356-360.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 40592, July 29, 1997, unless otherwise noted.