Document review periods.

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Document review periods.

Why Is This Idea Important?: Often EISs, RI/FSs run to thousands of pages (especially including appendices and references). The agencies take years to prepare these and then try to limit comment to 30 days under statute to minimize opposition and comment. The public should have access throughout as the document is being developed in and OPEN and COLLABORATIVE process with comments accepted and responded through in real time. But also at the end, the public needs time to review and comment commensurate with the length and depth of the documents.

For ALL Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Studies (RI/FSs) and similar documents open for public review and comment, there should be not less that 30 days comment period for each additional 750 pages of document.

So, a 1,000 age document would have a 60 day (minimum) comment period.

This should apply to drafts, finals and all such documents.

Tags: comment periods.

Submitted by farseer2002 2 years ago