A. 
The lead agency shall be that local agency principally responsible for carrying out, funding or approving an action. The lead agency is responsible for determining whether an EIS is required for an action, and for preparation and filing of the EIS if it is required.
B. 
Where more than one agency is involved, the lead agency shall be determined and designated as provided in Section 6 of Part 617.
C. 
The Planning Board will be the Village clearinghouse for lead agency designations. It will assist agencies and applicants in identifying other federal, state and local agencies that will be involved in approving, funding or carrying out a Type I or unlisted action. The clearinghouse will make recommendations on the designation of lead agencies for particular actions.
A. 
When any local agency of the Village of Sag Harbor contemplates directly carrying out, funding or approving a Type I action, a full EAF must be prepared on its behalf. When an unlisted action is contemplated, either a full or short form EAF, as appropriate, must be prepared. The EAF forms given in Appendices A, B and C of Part 617 will be used as models by the Village, but these forms may be modified, to meet the needs of a particular case. In each instance, however, the final scope of such modified EAF must be at least as comprehensive as the scope of the model forms.
B. 
When any person submits an application for funding or a permit or other approval of a Type I or unlisted action to any local agency, an EAF Part I must accompany the application. For Type I actions, a full EAF must be prepared; for unlisted actions, either a full EAF or a short-form EAF may be used, as appropriate. An applicant may choose to prepare a DEIS in lieu of an EAF.
C. 
The lead agency must make a determination of the environmental significance of the action. This determination must be based upon the EAF or, with respect to unlisted actions, its own procedures, as the case may be, as well as on any other relevant information it may require. The criteria stated in Part 617 must also be considered by the lead agency in making the required determination of significance. The determination must be made within the time period required in Part 617.
D. 
For Type I actions, the lead agency must give public notice and file any determination of nonsignificance as provided in Part 617. For unlisted actions, the lead agency must send any determination of nonsignificance to the applicant, if any, and maintain its own records thereof in accordance with the provisions of Part 617.
E. 
If the lead agency makes a determination of nonsignificance, the direct action, approval or funding involved in the action, as well as the decisions involved with the same, may be processed without further regard to SEQRA, Part 617 or this chapter.
F. 
For the purposes of determining compliance with any law or regulation governing the maximum allowable period of review permitted for any local agency, the time of filing an application for approval or funding of an action shall be deemed to have been the date on which the determination of environmental nonsignificance is made. If a finding of significance is made and an EIS is required, or if the applicant has prepared a DEIS in lieu of any EAF, the time of filing shall be the date the lead agency formally accepts the DEIS as adequate in scope and content and commences the public comment period thereon.
A. 
If, based upon review of the EAF and other information, the lead agency determines that the proposed action may be environmentally significant, then an EIS must be prepared.
B. 
If an EIS is required, the lead agency must proceed as provided in Part 617. The draft EIS will normally be prepared by the applicant. If the applicant fails to prepare a DEIS or prepares a DEIS which is unacceptable to the lead agency, the lead agency may either prepare a DEIS itself, discontinue further processing until the applicant can provide an acceptable DEIS or deem the application abandoned and discontinue review.
C. 
If a public hearing is held on the DEIS, it must, whenever possible, be concurrent with any other hearing on the application.