[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR520.7]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER V--AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 520_PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 520.7  Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

    (a) Actions requiring EIS. An EIS will normally be prepared for:
    (1) Proposals for legislation which are determined to be a major 
Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment; or,
    (2) Other major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality 
of the human environment. In the experience of ARS, an environmental 
impact statement shall normally be required in situations when a 
research project has advanced beyond the laboratory and small plot 
testing to full scale field testing over a very large area and involving 
the introduction of control agents.
    (b) Notice of intent. If the responsible official recommends the 
preparation of an EIS, then the public shall be apprised of the 
decision. This notice shall be prepared according to 40 CFR 1508.22.
    (c) Draft and final EIS. The process of preparing the draft and 
final EIS, as well as the format, shall be according to 40 CFR parts 
1502-1506.
    (d) Decisionmaking and implementation. The responsible official 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 required by 40 CFR 1502.2, 
and monitoring and mitigation activities will be implemented as required 
by 40 CFR 1505.3.

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