CFR > Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development > PART 50—PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY > SUBPART B—General Policy: Responsibilities and Program Coverage (§50.10 to §50.11) > 50.11—Responsibility of the HUD approving official.

50.11—Responsibility of the HUD approving official.

(a) The HUD approving official shall make an independent evaluation of the environmental issues, take responsibility for the scope and content of the compliance finding, EA or EIS, and make the environmental finding, where applicable. (Also, see § 50.32.)
(b) Copies of environmental reviews and findings shall be maintained in the project file for projects, in the rules docket files for Federal Register publications, and in program files for non-Federal Register policy documents.