[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: 7CFR632.52]

[Page 471]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 632_RURAL ABANDONED MINE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart F_Environment
 
Sec. 632.52  Identifying typical classes of action.

    (a) The RFO will analyze the environmental assessment of the 
proposed action to determine which of the following classes of action 
applies. This determination will be recorded and will be available to 
the public on request.
    (1) Actions not requiring a site-specific EIS. All proposed actions 
and their impacts that are determined to be adequately discussed in the 
program EIS or determined not to be major Federal actions will not 
require a site-specific EIS. However, if the assessment reveals that 
these proposed actions will have significant adverse effects on the 
quality of the human environment, the RFO will:
    (i) Modify the action to eliminate or mitigate the significant 
adverse impacts, or
    (ii) Withdraw further Federal assistance if significant adverse 
impacts cannot be eliminated or mitigated.
    (2) Actions requiring a site-specific EIS. A site-specific EIS is 
required for proposed actions if their impacts are not adequately 
discussed in the program EIS, and the proposal is determined to be a 
major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment in accordance with Sec. 650.7(b) of this chapter. When a 
decision is made to prepare an EIS, a Notice of Intent will be published 
in the Federal Register. The content and format of the EIS is to be 
consistent with the format of the program EIS and use scoping and 
tiering techniques to focus on the significant environmental issues.
    (3) Actions excluded from the EIS requirements. Those actions taken 
to prevent loss of life or property under the extreme danger provisions 
of priority 1 as described in Sec. 632.12. These actions are determined 
by a limited environmental assessment that reasonably identifies the 
possible loss of life or property.