CFR > Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior > PART 46—IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1969 > SUBPART A—General Information (§46.10 to §46.30) > 46.10—Purpose of this part.

46.10—Purpose of this part.

(a) This part establishes procedures for the Department, and its constituent bureaus, to use for compliance with:
(1) The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ); and
(2) The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA ( 40 CFR parts 1500-1508 ).
(b) Consistent with 40 CFR 1500.3, it is the Department's intention that any trivial violation of these regulations will not give rise to any independent cause of action.