---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 58.46"
title: "24"
number: "58.46"
heading: "Time delays for exceptional circumstances."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/58.46"
---

# §58.46. Time delays for exceptional circumstances.


The responsible entity must make the FONSI available for public comments for 30 days before the recipient files the RROF when:

- (a) There is a considerable interest or controversy concerning the project;
- (b) The proposed project is similar to other projects that normally require the preparation of an EIS; or
- (c) **The project is unique and without precedent.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1707 note, 1715z-13a(k); 25 U.S.C. 4115 and 4226; 42 U.S.C. 1437x, 3535(d), 3547, 4321-4336e, 4852, 5304(g), 12838, and 12905(h); title II of Pub. L. 105-276; E.O. 11514 as amended by E.O. 11991, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 123.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 19122, Apr. 30, 1996, unless otherwise noted.