
The preceding flowchart is from the NRCS regulations implementing NEPA (7 CFR Part
650) and the NRCS policy at General Manual Title 190, Part 410. The EE begins the process
and is used to determine whether an EA or EIS needs to be prepared when a Federal action
has been proposed, or whether no additional documentation is needed because the action is
categorically excluded or already sufficiently analyzed. Thus, the flowchart illustrates the
decisions that must be made to determine the appropriate NEPA documentation to be
prepared once it is determined there is a Federal action. |