A.
Where required, the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) shall be prepared in accordance with Article VII within 45 days after the close of any public hearing on the draft environmental impact statement or within 60 days after the filing of the draft statement, whichever last occurs. The local agency may extend this time, as necessary, to complete the statement adequately or where problems identified with the proposed action require material reconsideration or modification.
B.
Where the action involves an application, such final
environmental impact statement may be accompanied by a fee, not to
exceed 1/2 of 1% of the action's total cost to the applicant as determined
by the local agency, to defray the expenses of the local agency in
preparing and/or evaluating the final statement.
A notice of completion of a final environmental impact statement shall be prepared, filed, sent and published in the same manner as provided in § 54-18 herein and shall be sent to all persons who were sent the notice of completion of the draft environmental impact statement.
A.
Where the local agency has been the lead agency for
an action, it shall, within 30 days of the filing of the final environmental
impact statement, make a decision whether or not to approve the action.
B.
When a local agency decides to carry out or approve
an action which may have a significant effect on the environment,
it shall make the following findings in a written determination:
(1)
That, consistent with social, economic and other essential
considerations of state and local policy and to the maximum extent
practicable from among the reasonable alternatives thereto, the action
to be carried out or approved is one which minimizes or avoids adverse
environmental effects, including the effects disclosed in the relevant
environmental impact statement.
(2)
That all practicable means will be taken in carrying
out or approving the action to minimize or avoid adverse environmental
effects.
For public information purposes, copies of the
final environmental impact statement shall be filed and made available
for review in the same manner as the draft environmental impact statement.
No decision to carry out or approve an action
which has been the subject of a final environmental impact statement
by the local agency or by any other agency shall be made until after
the filing and consideration of the final environmental impact statement.
