---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 10010.16"
title: "43"
number: "10010.16"
heading: "When to prepare."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/10010.16"
---

# §10010.16. When to prepare.

- (a) An EA will be prepared for all actions, except those categories of action excluded from documentation or addressed adequately by a previous environmental document, or for those actions for which a decision has already been made to prepare an EIS. The purpose of such an EA is to allow the responsible official to determine whether to prepare an EIS.
- (b) In addition, an EA may be prepared on any action at any time in order to assist in planning and decision making.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 620k (note).

### Source

Source: 61 FR 16721, Apr. 17, 1996, unless otherwise noted.