This step is only applicable if the planning team is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS).  If an environmental assessment is being prepared in lieu of an EIS, publication of a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement  in the Federal Register is not required.  The notice of intent (NOI) should reference the notice of scoping published in the second step, Publish Notice of Scoping in Federal Register, as well as the scoping undertaken in the interim.

6.1 Publish Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register

The planning team prepares and publishes a notice of intent (NOI) in the Federal Register for the special resource study/environmental impact statement.