[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR641.10]



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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. 641.10  Purpose.









Sec.

641.10 Purpose.

641.11 Policy.

641.12 Applicability.

641.13 Right of action.

641.14 Definitions.

641.15 Preliminary environmental review.

641.16 Preparation of environmental documents, generally.

641.17 Initial environmental evaluation.

641.18 Comprehensive environmental evaluation.

641.19 Modification of environmental documents.

641.20 Notification of the availability of environmental documents and 

          other information.

641.21 Monitoring.

641.22 Cases of emergency.



    Authority: E.O. 12114, 44 FR 1957, 3 CFR 1979 Comp., p. 356.



    Source: 57 FR 40339, Sept. 3, 1992, unless otherwise noted.



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    These procedures are designed to elicit and evaluate information 

that will inform the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the potential 

environmental consequences of proposed U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) 

actions, so that relevant environmental considerations are taken into 

account by decisionmakers before reaching final decisions on whether or 

how to proceed with proposed actions. These procedures are consistent 

with and implement the requirements of:

    (a) Executive Order 12114 as it relates to NSF's Antarctic 

activities, and

    (b) the environmental assessment provisions of the Protocol on 

Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.