Checklist · Planning & Environment
NEPA comment record checklist
Checklist of what a public comment file should identify before a letter under 42 U.S.C. § 4332 is sent. The agency's notice supplies the deadline and the address.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- United States
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for United States.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a lawyer is assembling a comment on a detailed statement before it is sent. Do not use it as the comment letter or as a filing in a court.
Used for these tasks
- Draft an objection or public submission on a development application
- Build a submissions summary for a contested development application
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
Yellow: the lawyer completes the file from the agency's notice and the commenter's documents.
AI may
- List the proposal, the statement, the notice, and the element each comment addresses.
- Leave the deadline and the address blank until the notice provides them.
- Record which agency comments the commenter has actually seen.
AI must not
- Do not send the comment.
- Do not state a comment period that is not in the agency's notice.
- Do not assert that the statement was or was not made available under 5 U.S.C. § 552.
- Do not prepare a court affidavit.
The lawyer checks
- Match the docket number and the deadline to the notice.
- Attach only documents the commenter has.
- Confirm the letter stays a public comment and not a sworn statement.
- Do not treat a state development application as this federal statement.
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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