---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 8.1"
title: "40"
number: "8.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/8.1"
---

# §8.1. Purpose.

- (a) **This part is issued pursuant to the Antarctic Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act of 1996.** As provided in that Act, this part implements the requirements of Article 8 and Annex I to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 and provides for:
  - (1) The environmental impact assessment of nongovernmental activities, including tourism, for which the United States is required to give advance notice under paragraph 5 of Article VII of the Antarctic Treaty of 1959; and
  - (2) Coordination of the review of information regarding environmental impact assessment received by the United States from other Parties under the Protocol.
- (b) **The procedures in this part are designed to—** ensure that nongovernmental operators identify and assess the potential impacts of their proposed activities, including tourism, on the Antarctic environment; that operators consider these impacts in deciding whether or how to proceed with proposed activities; and that operators provide environmental documentation pursuant to the Act and Annex I of the Protocol. These procedures are consistent with and implement the environmental impact assessment provisions of Article 8 and Annex I to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 2401 et seq., as amended, 16 U.S.C. 2403a.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 63468, Dec. 6, 2001, unless otherwise noted.