[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR650.8]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 650--COMPLIANCE WITH NEPA--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart A--Procedures for NRCS-Assisted Programs
 
Sec. 650.8  When to prepare an environmental assessment (EA).

    An environmental assessment (EA) is to be prepared for:
    (a) Land and water resource projects that are not included in 
Sec. 650.7(a) (1) through (4) for which State and local units of 
government receive Federal technical and financial assistance from NRCS 
(7 CFR parts 620 through 623; and 640 through 643); and
    (b) Other actions not included in a program EIS nor categorically 
excluded that the EE reveals may be a

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major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment.