Although all Department of Labor agencies are subject to NEPA, only
three of its agencies routinely propose or consider actions which may
require the preparation of environment assessments or environmental
impact statements. These are the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), which acts pursuant to the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651, et seq.); the Mine Safety and
Health Administration (MSHA), which acts pursuant to the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 801, et seq.); and the
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) (through one of its major
programs, the Job Corps) which purchases and leases land and constructs
Job Corps centers pursuant to the Comprehensive Employment and Training
Act (29 U.S.C. 801, et. seq.). Therefore, these procedures have been
designed primarily with the duties and rulemaking processes of these
agencies in mind. If and when other Department of Labor agencies propose
actions requiring environmental impact analyses, they shall use these
procedures, to the extent that they are applicable, in performing such
analyses.
