§ 6-13 Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements.
RCNY § 6-13
(a)Whenever possible, agencies shall identify programs or categories of actions, particularly projects or plans which are wide in scope or implemented over a long time frame, which would most appropriately serve as the subject of a single EIS. Broad program statements, master or area wide statements, or statements for comprehensive plans are often appropriate to assess the environmental effects of the following: (1) a number of separate actions in a given geographic area; (2) a chain of contemplated actions; (3) separate actions having generic or common impacts; (4) programs or plans having wide application or restricting the range of future alternative policies or projects.
(b)No further EIS's need be prepared for actions which are included in a programmatic EIS prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section. However: (1) a programmatic EIS shall be amended or supplemented to reflect impacts which are not addressed or adequately analyzed in the EIS as originally prepared; and (2) actions which significantly modify a plan or program which has been the subject of an EIS shall require a supplementary EIS; (3) programmatic EIS's requiring amendment and actions requiring supplementary EIS's pursuant to this section shall be processed in full compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
