Assabet River NWR Final CCP - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex Draft CCP/EA November, 2003
Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife
Refuge Complex Draft CCP/EA
The coding structure is a topical outline with alpha and numeric codes attached. It is a tool to
identify public comments and sort them into recognizable topic categories. Once comments
are assigned codes, they are then entered into a database from which they can be reported and
sorted in any combination needed for analysis.
The coding structure is organized into required fields called subject and category codes.
Subject codes are five-character alpha codes that represent broad themes associated with a
project. Category codes are five-digit numeric codes that define specific subtopics within
each subject code, and they are generally arranged from the general to specific with
subcategories nested within categories.
PLANN (Subject Code) - Introduction - Chapter 1 and
Coordination with Others - Chapter 5
10000 (Category Code) Planning Process and Policy
10100 Timeframes for planning/Length of comment period (adequacy of, timing)
10200 Public Involvement (General strategies, methods & techniques, collaborative
efforts, pre-EIS/CCP consultation)
10300 Scoping (General comments, planning before the EIS)
10400 Relationship to other planning processes (Conflicts with other area projects,
general planning)
10500 Statutory Authority (Compliance with laws and regulations; general references to/
violations of NEPA, APA, NFMA, Planning Regs. For resource-specific regulations,
code to resource)
10600 Science/Resource-Based Decision-Making (Use of science in Decisionmaking;
general references to use of science and scientific documents)
10700 Budgetary Ramifications (References to the cost of implementing the proposed
rule, project funding)
10800 Agency Organization, Structure and Staffing (General comments not specific
to project, includes trust and integrity issues)
10810 Trust and Integrity
10900 Coordination & Consultation (Interagency, State, Private, Tribal)
11100 Clarity/organization of planning documents
11200 Technical and Editorial Comments
12000 Purpose and Need (General references to the purpose and need of the CCP/EA and needs for
further analysis; if specific, code to the resource).
12100 Project Area (Scope of project)
12200 Proposed Action/ Decision to be Made (What it should/should not include)
Appendix C: Demographics A-1