; « J L5 Agencies should not rely solely on the fact of Federal Reqister publication by the Council, but should consider adopting such practices as publication in local newspapers ard automatic notifi- cation of (and possible, automatic distribution of statements to) organizations and individuals that the agency knows are likely to be interested in the project. Recommendation #7: Agencies should ensure that the minimum periods for review and advance availability of statements are calculated from the date of receipt of the statement by the Council on Environmental Quality, as noted in the Council's Federal Register.and _ J02 Menitor announcements... So , z=. Agencies~‘should &Yse-devise“appropriste. zamekhoss “for §“publicizing-the“existence“of— tion in local newspavers or by maintaining ~~ a list of groups known to be interested in the agency's activities and directly notifying such groups of the existence of a draft statement, or sending them a copy, as soonas it has been prepared. - mo. 4. - . = =) we OT ~—s pos = ~—. -ee — ~ - - —_ wees ee ee “Actions Which Tnavolve |More. than:“One“Ngeneyo~e Some confusion has arisen in applying the “lead agency" concept to actions involving more than one agency. Section 5(b) of the CEQ Guidelines provides that the lead agency is "the Federal agency which has primary authority for committing the Federal Government to a course of action with significant environmental impact." This descrip- tion of “lead agency" was not meant to foreclose the possibility of having a statement prepared jointly by all agencies involved in the program or project. The critical consideration is that c oni ent the cumulative impacts of the entire project be evaluated, even though each individual agency's ae