[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR12.10]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 12--DISPOSAL AND UTILIZATION OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH 
PURPOSES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 12.10  Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 
other related Acts (environmental impact).

    (a) The Department will, prior to making a final decision to convey 
or lease, or to amend, reform, or grant an approval or release with 
respect to a previous conveyance or lease of, surplus real property for 
public health purposes, complete an environmental assessment of the 
proposed transaction in keeping with applicable provisions of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Historic 
Preservation Act of 1966, the National Archeological Data Preservation 
Act, and other related acts. No permit to use surplus real property 
shall allow the permittee to make, or cause to be made, any irreversible 
change in the condition of said property, and no use permit shall be 
employed for the purpose of delaying or avoiding compliance with the 
requirements of these Acts.
    (b) Applicants shall be required to provide such information as the 
Department deems necessary to make an assessment of the impact of the 
proposed Federal action on the human environment. Materials contained in 
the applicant's official request, responses to a standard questionnaire 
prescribed by the Public Health Service, as well as other relevant 
information, will be

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used by the Department in making said assessment.
    (c) If the assessment reveals (1) That the proposed Federal action 
involves properties of historical significance which are listed, or 
eligible for listing, in the National Register of Historic Places, or 
(2) that a more than insignificant impact on the human environment is 
reasonably foreseeable as a result of the proposed action, or (3) that 
the proposed Federal action could result in irreparable loss or 
destruction of archeologically significant items or data, the Department 
will, except as provided for in paragraph (d) of this section, prepare 
and distribute, or cause to be prepared or distributed, such notices and 
statements and obtain such approvals as are required by the above cited 
Acts.
    (d) If a proposed action involves other Federal agencies in a 
sequence of actions, or a group of actions, directly related to each 
other because of their functional interdependence, the Department may 
enter into and support a lead agency agreement to designate a single 
lead agency which will assume primary responsibility for coordinating 
the assessment of environmental effects of proposed Federal actions, 
preparing and distributing such notices and statements, or obtaining 
such approvals, as are required by the above cited Acts. The procedures 
of the designated lead agency will be utilized in conducting the 
environmental assessment. In the event of disagreement between the 
Department and another Federal agency, the Department will reserve the 
right to abrogate its lead agency agreement with the other Federal 
Agency.

[45 FR 72173, Oct. 31, 1980, as amended at 55 FR 32252, Aug. 8, 1990]