A federal environmental decision has a calendar, and each step has a door for the public: scoping, the comment period, the objection, a records request, a citizen suit. Most of them close on a fixed deadline.
This section follows that calendar. It explains how to comment so that the comment counts, how to request records under the Freedom of Information Act, what protects people who speak up against retaliatory lawsuits, and when a notice of intent to sue is required.