[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 15]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR3407.11]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XXXIV--COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
                   SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3407_IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec. 3407.11  Preparation of environmental impact statements.

    (a) Actions involving more than one agency. If more than one Federal 
agency participates in a program activity, a lead agency shall be 
selected in accordance with 40 CFR 1501.5(c). The lead agency, in full 
cooperation with all participating agencies, shall assume responsibility 
for involving the public as required in 40 CFR 1501.4(b) and shall 
prepare the EIS or shall cause the EIS to be prepared as provided in 40 
CFR 1501.5.
    (b) Notice of intent. If a responsible CSREES official designated in 
Sec. 3407.4(b) of this part recommends the preparation of an EIS, the 
public shall be apprised of the decision. This notice shall be prepared 
according to 40 CFR 1508.2.
    (c) Draft and Final EIS. The process of preparing the draft and 
final EIS, as well as the format of the document, shall comply with the 
provisions of 40 CFR parts 1502-1506.
    (d) Supplemental statements. Where substantial changes occur or new 
information becomes available under a project or activity for which an 
EIS or draft EIS has been prepared and it is determined by a responsible 
CSREES official specified in Sec. 3407.4(b) that the changes are 
pertinent to environmental concerns, a supplement to the EIS or draft 
EIS may be required. The supplement shall be evaluated and processed in 
accordance with 40 CFR 1502.9(c).
    (e) Decisionmaking and implementation. A responsible CSREES official 
designated in Sec. 3407.4(b) may make a decision no sooner than thirty 
days after the notice of availability of the final EIS has been 
published in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency 
(40 CFR 1506.10). The decision will be documented in a record of 
decision as required by 40 CFR 1505.2, and monitoring and mitigation 
activities will be implemented as required by 40 CFR 1505.3.

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