9. The second commenter similarly requested that NEH not implement overly restrictive procedures that could otherwise impede the agency's work. Portions of information that directly or indirectly allow third parties to deduce or obtain information leading to the identity of a cooperative agreement holder have been redacted pursuant to Section 1619 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services - National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Documents, Fruits and Vegetables Import Requirements (FAVIR), National Rabies Management Program Annual Reports. More information and documentation can be found in our Approving and issuing financial assistance to support facility planning and design. on 5. NEH is issuing the following NEPA implementing procedures that comply with NEPA and supplement the CEQ regulations. (a) Start the NEPA process at the earliest possible time as an effective decision-making tool while evaluating a proposed action; (b) Comply with the procedures and policies of NEPA and other related environmental laws, regulations, and orders applicable to NEH actions; (c) Provide guidance to applicants responsible for ensuring that proposals comply with all appropriate NEH requirements; (d) Integrate NEPA requirements and other planning and environmental review procedures required by law or NEH practice so that all such procedures run concurrently rather than consecutively; (e) Encourage and facilitate public involvement in NEH actions that affect the quality of the human environment; (f) Use the NEPA process to identify and assess reasonable alternatives to proposed NEH actions to avoid or minimize adverse effects upon the quality of the human environment; and. § 4321 et seq. In other words, it is through the process of evaluating and issuing categorical exclusions that agencies determine which of their actions will not affect the natural and physical environment and the relationship of people with that environment. Program Specific Categorical Exclusions, https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2019-10745, MODS: Government Publishing Office metadata, https://www.neh.gov/​public-comments-neh-rulemaking-and-other-notices. (ii) Accepted with modification. significantly . These can be useful NEH shall require that the proposal be evaluated in an EIS, prepared in accordance with Section 12 below, if the EA indicates significant environmental impacts that are not mitigated below a specified level of significance. National Environmental Management Amendment Act, No. Open for Comment, Gain or Loss of Foreign Persons From Sale or Exchange of Certain Partnership Interests, Economic Sanctions & Foreign Assets Control, Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China, Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors, Certain Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, Robots, and Components, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Establishing the President's Advisory 1776 Commission, Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service, Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and, The National Environmental Policy Act Procedures for NEH, (b) General Considerations in Preparing Environmental Assessments, (b) Preparation and Filing of Draft and Final EISs, Appendix A to the National Environmental Policy Act Procedures for NEH, B. Last Modified: Aug 8, 2020 Print.

Register documents. Act 328 (1970) Draft Policy on Occupational Safety and Health Mercury Law (1989) Infectious Disease Ord. NEH will document Program Specific Categorical Exclusions (Section B of Appendix A) in a manner that aligns with NEH's NEPA implementing procedures, but will not require the use of the REC to do so. documents in the last year, 239 8 of 2004 National Environment Laws Amendment Act, No.

11/06/2020, 129 The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (Pub. 4321-4347), the CEQ regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508), and the requirements set forth in this part.

Establishment and composition ofmembe~ of the Committee. The third commenter submitted a number of proposed edits to NEH's implementing procedures. For this reason, and notwithstanding the fact that NEH has determined to delete Appendix B, NEH believes it is important that these NEPA implementing procedures expressly state that a categorical exclusion determination may not be made until after NEH has performed a review under Section 106 of the NHPA and determined that there exist no adverse effects to historic properties, or that any such effects can be mitigated effectively.

4332(2)(C)). Act 5 The National Environment Act 2019 Section 33. (iii) The proposed action fits within one of the categorical exclusions described in either section of Appendix A of this part. 41.

Generally, the author(s) of the EA/EIS also prepare the FONSI/ROD. Publication of the NOI in the Federal Register shall begin the public scoping process. The public scoping process for an NEH EIS shall allow a minimum of 15 days for the receipt of public comments. President Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) into law on January 1, 1970. documents in the last year, 294 NEH has determined to issue these procedures because: (i) CEQ regulations require that agencies adopt procedures to ensure that their decision-making is consistent with the policies and purposes of NEPA (40 CFR 1505.1 and 1507.3); (ii) CEQ specifically advised NEH to adopt NEPA implementing procedures; and (iii) NEH identified a particular need to adopt such procedures in light of recent agency efforts to support projects involving the design, purchase, construction, restoration, and renovation of facilities and historic landscapes. A record of decision (ROD) will be prepared in accordance with 40 CFR 1505.2 and 1505.3. NEH agrees that it would be helpful to add such clarification to Section 2 of its implementing procedures. documents in the last year, by the Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services