The following apply to the design and preparation
of EISs:
(1) The agency shall
prepare EISs that are analytic rather than encyclopedic.
(2) The agency shall
discuss the impacts of a proposed action in a level of detail that is
proportionate to their significance. For other than significant issues, an EIS
need only include enough discussion to show why more study is not warranted.
(3) The agency shall prepare
with each draft and final EIS a brief summary that is available for
distribution separate from the EIS. The summary must describe:
(a) the proposed action being
evaluated by the EIS, the impacts, and the alternatives;
(b) areas of controversy and
major conclusions:
(c) the tradeoffs among the
alternatives; and
(d) the agency's preferred
alternative, if any.