What is a cooperating agency relationship?
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations at 40 CFR 1500-1508 make the cooperating agencies partners in environmental analysis process. The cooperating agency relationship is distinctive, moving beyond consultation to engage officials and staff of other tribal, federal, state, and local agencies in a working partnership. The cooperating agencies share skills and resources to help shape environmental analyses so that decisions resulting from those analyses better reflect the policies, needs, and conditions of their jurisdictions and the citizens they represent. What is the Forest Service cooperating agency policy for environmental analyses pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)? The Forest Service established its cooperating agency policy in a 1998 letter that states: Congress intended that the Federal government cooperate with State and local governments to achieve “productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present an
Related Questions
- As the listing agent, what are my obligations when I receive the Agency Disclosure Statement from a cooperating agent with an offer?
- Can I refuse to present an offer if the cooperating agent fails to give me an Agency Disclosure Statement with the offer?
- Does a cooperating agency relationship require the Forest Service and the cooperators to make decisions by consensus?
