[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1b.1]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1b_NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1b.1  Purpose.




Sec.
1b.1 Purpose.
1b.2 Policy.
1b.3 Categorical exclusions.
1b.4 Exclusion of agencies.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; E.O. 11514, 3 CFR, 
1966-1970 Comp., p. 902, as amended by E.O. 11991, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 
123; E.O. 12114, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 356; 40 CFR 1507.3.

    Source: 48 FR 11403, Mar. 18, 1983, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) This part supplements the regulations for implementation of the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), for which regulations were 
published by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in 40 CFR parts 
1500 through 1508. This part incorporates and adopts those regulations.
    (b) This part sets forth Departmental policy concerning NEPA, 
establishes categorical exclusions of actions carried out by the 
Department and its agencies, and sets forth those USDA agencies which 
are excluded from the requirement to prepare procedures implementing 
NEPA.

[48 FR 11403, Mar. 18, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 66481, Dec. 22, 1995]