[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: 45CFR641.22]

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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. 641.22  Cases of emergency.

    This part shall not apply to actions taken in cases of emergency 
relating to the safety of human life or of ships, aircraft or equipment 
and facilities of high value, or the protection of the environment which 
require an action to be taken without completion of the environmental 
review required by this part. Notice of any such actions which would 
otherwise have required the preparation of a CEE shall be provided 
immediately to the Department of State for circulation to all Parties to 
the Protocol and to committees and organizations established pursuant to 
the

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Treaty or Protocol, as required. A description of the emergency action 
undertaken shall also be provided to the Department of State for 
appropriate circulation within ninety days of the action.