---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 91.56"
title: "28"
number: "91.56"
heading: "Actions that normally require the preparation of an environmental assessment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/91.56"
---

# §91.56. Actions that normally require the preparation of an environmental assessment.

- (a) **Renovation or expansion of existing correctional facility.** Renovation or expansion activities not categorically excluded under [§ 91.55](/cfr/28/91.55.md) require an environmental assessment (EA). An environmental assessment is generally prepared when a project is not expected to have a significant impact on the environment. Since projects for the renovation or expansion of an existing facility or the construction of a new facility within an existing correctional complex may have limited impact on the environment, preparing an EA may be sufficient.
- (b) **Proposed construction of a new correctional facility.** The proposed construction of a new correctional facility will require the preparation of an environmental assessment unless the proposal will clearly have a significant environmental impact in which case an environmental impact statement can be initiated immediately without the preparation of an environmental assessment.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 13701 et seq., as amended by Pub. L. 104-134; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 48595, Aug. 8, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 13701 through 14223.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 63019, Dec. 7, 1994, unless otherwise noted.