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title: "40 CFR §1508.16"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/section-1508.16"

title_number: "40"

volume_number: "37"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "U"

subchapter_subject: "AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS"

part_code: "1508"

part_subject: "TERMINOLOGY AND INDEX"

subpart_code: "A"

subpart_subject: "Overview and Applicability"

section_number: "1508.16"

section_subject: "Lead agency."

cfr_reference: "40 CFR 1508.16"

title_name: "Title 40"

title_subject: "Protection of Environment"

parts_covered: "Part 1060 to End"

revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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Lead agency means the agency or agencies preparing or having taken primary responsibility for preparing the environmental impact statement.

§1508.16 - Lead agency.