Section 301.01. Purpose.

  The purpose of this chapter is to establish policies and procedures to be used by the department in the implementation of s. 1.11 , Stats. This chapter:

(1)  Establishes a policy to ensure departmental consideration of the environmental impacts of its policies, plans and programs upon the human environment.

(2)  Establishes a classification of departmental actions with regard to their need for an environmental impact statement.

(3)  Establishes a process and procedures for creating environmental documents.

(4)  Provides an opportunity for public input on environmental documents.

(5)  Provides procedures to guide inter-agency interactions in the development of environmental documents.