NEPA and Public Involvement
Reclamation prepared a Draft SEIS for the SLWRI consistent with the requirements of NEPA. The requirements state that an agency must prepare an SEIS if the agency makes substantial changes in the proposed action relevant to environmental concerns or there are significant new circumstances or information relevant to environmental concerns that have a bearing on the proposed action or its impacts. An agency may also prepare a supplemental analysis if it determines that the purposes of NEPA will be furthered by doing so. 40 C.F.R. § 1502.9(c). NEPA requires that a Draft SEIS be made available for public review and comment for a minimum of 45-days.