(a) When an agency has determined that preparation of an
environmental impact statement is required, the agency shall publish a
notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement in the
Federal Register and shall invite public participation in the agency's
scoping process as required by 40 CFR 1501.7.
(b) When the draft environmental impact statement has been prepared
and filed with the EPA pursuant to Sec. 11.11(f), comments on the
document shall be solicited from appropriate Federal, State and local
agencies, Indian tribes, and other persons or organizations who may be
interested or affected, as required by 40 CFR 1503.1.
(c) In the case of an action with effects primarily of local
concern, agencies shall consider the use of clearinghouses, newspapers
and other public media likely to generate local participation in the
agency process as ways of supplementing the notices otherwise specified
in this part. The use of such public media does not, however, require or
authorized the use of paid advertising.
