§ 46.200 Applying NEPA early
§ 46.205 Actions categorically excluded from further NEPA review
§ 46.210 Listing of Departmental categorical exclusions
§ 46.215 Categorical exclusions: Extraordinary circumstances
§ 46.220 How to designate lead agencies
§ 46.225 How to select cooperating agencies
§ 46.230 Role of cooperating agencies in the NEPA process
§ 46.235 NEPA scoping process
§ 46.240 Establishing time limits for the NEPA process
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Terms Used In CFR > Title 43 > Subtitle A > Part 46 > Subpart C - Initiating the Nepa Process

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.