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USDA/APHIS

RIN: 0579-AC60

Publication ID: Fall 2009

Title: National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures
Abstract: This action would amend the regulations that set out our National Environmental Policy Act implementing procedures. The proposed amendments would make clear that our decision to prepare an environmental impact statement or an environmental assessment, or to apply a categorical exclusion, is based on an action's potential effect on the human environment; make additions to the list of types of actions that qualify for a categorical exclusion because of their negligible environmental impacts; and provide for environmental assessment processes that can be used in special circumstances when action must be taken quickly. These changes are intended to improve the clarity and effectiveness of the regulations.
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 372
Legal Authority: 42 USC 4321 et seq

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable: Action Date FR Cite NPRM  02/00/2010     NPRM Comment Period End  04/00/2010

Additional Information: Additional information about APHIS and its programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: David A. Bergsten Supervisory Biological Scientist, Environmental and Risk Analysis Services, PPD Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 4700 River Road, Unit 149, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238 Phone:301 734-4334