Why didn’t the Corps of Engineers Route 92 FEIS make a final recommendation on the project?
A primary purpose of a Corps of Engineers Regulatory Program EIS is to provide full and fair assessment and discussion of the significant environmental impacts of a proposal or project seeking a Department of the Army permit. The draft and final EIS’s are used to inform the public and agency decision-makers of alternatives to an applicant’s project that might avoid or minimize adverse impacts or enhance the quality of the human environment. An FEIS is not a Corps of Engineers regulatory decision document. It is used by agency officials, in conjunction with other relevant information in the permit application file, including public and agency comments to the FEIS, to support the final decision on the permit application. The permit application decision options available to the Corps of Engineers are deny the requested permit, issue the requested permit, or issue a permit with modifications and/or special conditions. The Corps of Engineers is neither a proponent nor an opponent of the per
