(a) The final environmental impact statement shall be prepared within 45 calendar days after the close of any hearing, or within 60 calendar days after the filing of the draft environmental impact statement, whichever occurs last; the last date for preparation may be extended pursuant to 6 NYCRR section 617.9(a)(5)(ii).

(b) If the action has been withdrawn, or if, on the basis of the draft environmental impact statement or hearing, the agency determines that the action will not have a significant effect on the environment, it will not prepare a final environmental impact statement but will prepare and file its determination in accordance with 6 NYCRR section 617.9(a)(5)(ii).

(c) The filing of a notice of completion of a final environmental impact statement and the filing of the statement itself shall take place in the same manner as a draft environmental impact statement in accordance with 6 NYCRR section 617.12. Final environmental impact statements and notices of completion shall also be filed in the file referred to in section 586.8(b) of this Part.

(d) The notice of completion shall conform to 6 NYCRR section 617.12 in form and content.