When an EIS is required.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) The following FSA proposed actions normally require preparation of an EIS: (1) Legislative proposals, not including appropriations requests, with the potential for significant environmental impact that are drafted and submitted to Congress by FSA; (2) Broad Federal assistance programs administered by FSA, involving significant financial assistance or payments to program participants, that may have significant cumulative impacts on the human environment; and (3) Ongoing programs that have been found through previous environmental analyses to have major environmental concerns. (b) [Reserved]

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 799.51