[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 7CFR799.4]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 799--ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS--COMPLIANCE WITH THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 799.4  Definitions.

    (a) The term environmental evaluation means agency appraisal of the 
potential or likely environmental impacts of proposed legislation, a new 
program, a major change in a program, an action related to a program or 
an action related to part of a program which will be used by the 
responsible agency official to determine whether or not an environmental 
assessment and/or an environmental impact statement is needed. Such 
appraisal shall relate to the same environmental concerns as an 
environmental impact statement. The environmental evaluation shall 
particularly

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focus on the adverse affects of FSA actions on the environmental factors 
listed on Form FSA-929 (see Appendix 2) and on the significance of the 
action as discussed in the CEQ regulations concerning NEPA at 40 CFR 
1508.27. As required, the environmental evaluation shall be made by an 
interdisciplinary team.
    (b) In the regulations in this part and in all instructions, forms, 
and documents in connection therewith, all other words and phrases 
shall, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires, have the 
meanings assigned to them in the regulations governing reconstitution of 
farms, allotments and bases, part 719 of this chapter, as amended.