0560-AH02 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0560 Farm Service Agency FSA 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Environmental Compliance and Related Concerns

This rule will provide the Farm Service Agency (FSA) with an environmental compliance regulation that updates, improves, and clarifies its requirements to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act; the National Historic Preservation Act; and numerous other environmental and cultural resource laws, regulations, and Executive orders. It will also make the regulation consistent for both FSA's Farm Loan Programs and Farm Programs. Also, it will remove outdated regulations used by FSA from chapter XVIII of the Code of Federal Regulations, formerly used by the predecessor to FSA, the Farmers Home Administration. The changes will promote predictability and reduce uncertainty for environmental compliance related to actions for FSA programs. The changes will coordinate, simplify, and harmonize the environmental compliance rules.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 7 CFR 799 42 USC 4321 et seq No NPRM 09/03/2014 79 FR 52239 NPRM Comment Period End 12/02/2014 Final Rule 08/00/2015 No No None No No www.regulations.gov No No Deirdre Holder Branch Chief, Regulatory Analysis and PRA Requirements Branch 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA 202 205-5851 deirdre.holder@usda.gov Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20250-0572