9.1 Introduction

A. This chapter outlines for the Lender and HUD staff the policies and procedures that must be followed to meet environmental review responsibilities. An environmental review is the process of reviewing a project and its potential environmental impacts to determine whether it meets federal, state, and local environmental standards and to determine whether the project is environmentally acceptable. The environmental review process is required for all insured projects to ensure that the proposed project does not negatively impact the environment, and that the property site itself will not have an adverse environmental or health effect on residents.