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The worst-case analysis regulation[1] was promulgated in 1979 by the US Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). The regulation is one of many implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969[2] and it sets out the formal procedure a US government agency must follow when confronted with gaps in relevant information or scientific uncertainty about significant adverse effects on the environment from a major federal action.[3]
- ^ 40 CFR 1502.22
- ^ NEPA 42 USC 4321 et seq (1976)
- ^ "Northwest Area Noxious Weed Control Program: Environmental Impact Statement". United States. Bureau of Land Management. December 1985.