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Environmental Compliance
Updated:10/16/2008
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What's New?
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)
Council on Environmental Quality
CEQ Memorandum concerning States as Cooperating Agencies (PDF; 143 KB)
Guidance on “Purpose and Need” (PDF; 643 KB)
USDA
Departmental Regulations for the
National Environmental Policy Act (PDF; 17 KB)
NRCS National
National Environmental Compliance Handbook
(PDF; 4.5 MB)
Final Rule - NRCS Regulations for Complying with the National Environmental Policy
Act CPR 7 Part 650 (PDF, 121KB)
CPA-52, Environmental Evaluation Worksheet (DOC; 124 KB)
NRCS State
Environmental Liaison Directory (DOC; 166 KB)
— This directory lists the states environmental liaisons' names and their email addresses
Arizona State Environmental Evaluation Worksheets
(DOC; 163 KB)
Maine
State Environmental Evaluation Worksheet (XLS; 4 MB)
Nebraska
CPA-52 Implementation Guidance (DOC; 483 KB)
Nebraska
Environmental Evaluation Conservation Planning (XLS; 859 KB)
Nebraska
NEPA Tiering References
(XLS; 30 KB)
South
Dakota State Environmental Evaluation Worksheets (XLS; 373 KB)
Finding
of No Significant Impact: New England States and New York Environment Assessment
(PDF; 4.5 MB) Environmental Protection Agency
Consideration Of Cumulative Impacts In EPA Review Of NEPA Documents
(PDF; 100 KB)
Other Links
- NEPANet
A one-stop shop for NEPA related information. Includes the full
text of the NEPA statute, 40 most frequently asked questions
and other guidance from the Council on Environmental Quality,
bibliographic information, training, and more.
- Department of Energy's NEPA Web Site
Complete resource containing Department of Energy (DOE) NEPA
announcements and analysis, a directory of potential stakeholders
for DOE actions under NEPA, and links to related sites.
- Rural Development Agency's Environmental Compliance Library
The Environmental Library contains most of the environmental statutes,
regulations, Executive Orders and miscellaneous guidance documents that RUS uses
in meeting its environmental compliance and review responsibilities.
- National Environmental Policy Act Reference Handbook
From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered Species Act
Policy on Safe Harbor Agreements (PDF; 72 KB)
Policy on Candidate Conservation Agreements (PDF; 76 KB)
"No Surprises" Policy (PDF; 101 KB)
Endangered Species Biological Opinions
Effects Of The Implementation of Habitat Restoration Projects On The Northern
Population of the Bog Turtle (Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts,
New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania)
Bog
Turtle part #1 (PDF; 4.4 MB)
Bog
Turtle part #2 (PDF; 4.4 MB)
Bog
Turtle part #3 (PDF; 2.6 MB)
Programmatic Biological Assessments & Opinions
Healthy Forests Reserve Program promotes the recovery of threatened and
endangered species, improves biodiversity, and enhances carbon sequestration.
(Pilot States: Arkansas, Maine and Mississippi)
Arkansas Healthy Forests Reserve Program (PDF; 628
KB)
Maine Healthy Forests Reserve Program
(PDF; 497 KB)
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