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 E—Environmental Impact Statements (§46.400 to §46.450) > 46.425—Identification of the preferred alternative in an environmental impact statement.

46.425—Identification of the preferred alternative in an environmental impact statement.

(a) Unless another law prohibits the expression of a preference, the draft environmental impact statement should identify the bureau's preferred alternative or alternatives, if one or more exists.
(b) Unless another law prohibits the expression of a preference, the final environmental impact statement must identify the bureau's preferred alternative.