[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] [Page 100] 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]