# § 2006. Environmental impact statements
**(a)** **Preparation of environmental impact statements** 42 U.S.C. 433242 U.S.C. 4321
Any Federal agency required under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 () to issue an environmental impact statement concerning a proposed crude oil transportation system eligible for consideration under this chapter shall, in preparing such statement, utilize, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with such Act [ et seq.], appropriate data, analyses, conclusions, findings, and decisions regarding environmental impacts developed or made by any other Federal or State agency.
**(b)** **Filing of environmental impact statements** December 1, 197842 U.S.C. 4332section 2004(2) of this titleDecember 1, 1978
On or before , all environmental impact statements concerning proposed crude oil transportation systems eligible for consideration under this chapter and required under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 [] shall be completed, made available for public review and comment, revised to the extent appropriate in light of such comment, and submitted to the President and the Council on Environmental Quality; except that in the case of any environmental impact statement concerning any crude oil transportation system which is eligible for consideration and which was filed under , such actions may be taken not later than 60 days after .
**(c)** **Report of Council on Environmental Quality** Promptly after receiving an environmental impact statement referred to in subsection (b) for a crude oil transportation system, the Council on Environmental Quality shall submit to the President a report on the Council’s opinion concerning such statement and concerning other matters related to the environmental impact of such system.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–617, title V, § 506, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3160.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
Such Act, referred to in subsec. (a), means the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, , , , which is classified generally to chapter 55 (§ 4321 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Definitions
The definition of “State agency” in , Conservation, applies to this section.