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USDA/FSA RIN: 0560-AI65 Publication ID: Spring 2023 
Title: ●Categorical Exclusion Related to Small and Medium Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) 
Abstract:

FSA proposes amending a provision in its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation. FSA is clarifying a categorical exclusion related to small and medium CAFOs.  Small and medium CAFOs have implicitly been categorically excluded by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) since FSA revised the NEPA regulations in 7 CFR 799 in 2016. The regulation has a process by which small and medium CAFOs are properly reviewed under NEPA using FSA’s Environmental Screening Worksheet.

 

 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 799.32   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 to 4370   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/00/2023 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Deirdre Holder
Branch Chief, Regulatory Analysis and PRA Requirements Branch
Department of Agriculture
Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250-0572
Phone:202 205-5851
Email: deirdre.holder@usda.gov