[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 15]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR3407.9]

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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. 3407.9  Use of environmental documents in decisionmaking.

    In carrying out agency responsibilities under NEPA, CSREES officials 
shall:
    (a) Consider all relevant environmental documents in evaluating 
programs, proposals, or projects for final agency action.
    (b) Make all relevant final environmental documents, comments, and 
responses part of the record in rulemaking and adjudicatory proceedings.
    (c) Ensure that all relevant final environmental documents, 
comments, and responses are submitted to CSREES in a timely fashion, are 
subjected to normal agency review processes, and are made a part of the 
official record.
    (d) Consider only those alternatives encompassed by the range of 
alternatives discussed in the relevant environmental documents when 
evaluating plans, programs, or proposals for agency action.