Lead agency

Lead agency means the Federal agency that proposes the agency action or is designated pursuant to 1501.7(c) for preparing or having primary responsibility for preparing the environmental impact statement or environmental assessment.

Source

40 CFR § 1508.1

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Scoping language

The following definitions apply to the regulations in this subchapter. Federal agencies shall use these terms uniformly throughout the Federal Government.

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