[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR641.10]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
 
PART 641--ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSED NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ACTIONS IN ANTARCTICA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 641.10  Purpose.

    These procedures are designed to elicit and evaluate information 
that will inform the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the potential 
environmental consequences of proposed U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) 
actions, so that relevant environmental considerations are taken into 
account by decisionmakers before reaching final decisions on whether or 
how to proceed with proposed actions. These procedures are consistent 
with and implement the requirements of:
    (a) Executive Order 12114 as it relates to NSF's Antarctic 
activities, and
    (b) the environmental assessment provisions of the Protocol on 
Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.