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must address the comment by explaining how the comment received during
scoping will be addressed or why the comment is not relevant (see Chapter4).
Unfortunately, some narrowly focused stakeholders don’t take the time to
study the draft EIS in enough detail to determine how or even if their issue
has been addressed; thus they will have the same or similar comment on the
draft EIS. If the comment tracking system is designed and implemented as
part of scoping, it can be continued as the draft EIS tracking system. This can
increase the efciency of the EIS development and also maintain consistency
between scoping and EIS production.
3.1.3.5 Final EIS
The nal EIS is produced by the federal agency pro