é¢ |. e = sae ay On. These procedures are important both in helping to identify the types of action on which impact statements are likelyto be necessary and those where statements are not called for. Our staff is available to assist -y6ur staff in strengthening your procedures, particularly where you ‘the frameworkof the statute and our Guidelines. can supply us with the necessary information as to the nature of your activity, the extent of potential environmental impact, and the range of alternatives that ought reasonably to be considered. We expect to start meeting with staffs of _ —- - - individual agencies soon to review possibilities for improvement of procedures to implement NEPA. We find that the courts are increasingly willing to sustain good faith agency efforts to comply with NEPA and will, from time totime, draw your attention to developments in this area. : For: the-present lam“asking.dur General.‘Counsek-to-xecirculate.cee dee ee to your-staff who serveas Hiaison-with-the Council én.NEPA7TF ALE matters the informal guiden€e wéHave:‘cirtulatedssince.fesuante mS of the Council's Revised Guidclines last April. Co ne oy or} on oD | Chairman. eo ee ce —_. = Sealed ataoeed