Categorical exclusions.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) Some NRCS programs or parts of programs do not normally create significant individual or cumulative impacts on the human environment. Therefore, an EA or EIS is not needed. These are data gathering and interpretation programs and include: (1) Soil Survey—7 CFR part 611; (2) Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasts—7 CFR part 612; (3) Plant Materials for Conservation—7 CFR part 613; (4) Inventory and Monitoring—Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance—10.908; and (5) River Basin Studies under section 6 of Pub. L. 83-566 as amended—7 CFR part 621. (b) When any new action is planned under the programs identified in paragraph (a) of this section, the EE performed by the RFO is to identify extraordinary circumstances that might lead to significant individual or cumulative impacts. Actions that have potential for significant impacts on the human environment are not categorically excluded. (c)(1) The NRCS restoration and conservation actions and activities identified in paragraph (d) of this section are eligible for categorical exclusion and require the RFO to document a determination that a categorical exclusion applies. Agency personnel will use the EE review process detailed in § 650.5 to evaluate proposed activities for extraordinary circumstances and document the determination that the categorical exclusion applies. The extraordinary circumstances address the significance criteria provided in 40 CFR 1508.27. (2) The extraordinary circumstances identified in paragraph (c)(1) of

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 650.6