Pennsylvania Environmental Compliance
The current version of the National Environmental Evaluation Worksheet (NRCS-CPA-52) is required for all NRCS assisted 1) conservation planning; 2) Farm Bill conservation programs; and 3) associated implementation activities. The National worksheet has been required since 1/22/2010.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The current version of the National Environmental Evaluation Worksheet (NRCS-CPA-52) is required for all NRCS assisted 1) conservation planning; 2) Farm Bill conservation programs; and 3) associated implementation activities. The National worksheet has been required since 1/22/2010. The current version of the National NRCS-CPA-52 is also required for all substantial modifications required of prior versions of the Environmental Evaluation Worksheet.
Access to the NRCS-CPA-52, and all environmental compliance content listed below, is available in the , Field Office Technical Guide (usda.gov) (FOTG) by selecting "Pennsylvania" in the state dropdown menu and clicking on SUBMIT. The user may either search for a document by name using the "Document Search" tab, or use the Document Tree, as listed below for each document.
1. Environmental Evaluation Worksheet (NRCS-CPA-52) - Section III -Planning & Environmental Compliance Information
Please note that when the Excel NRCS-CPA-52 worksheet is opened, the macros must sometimes be re-activated. If so, the following message appears near the top of the worksheet, generally under the menu bar:
Security Warning – Some active content has been disabled
- Click on the OPTIONS
- Check Enable this content
- Click OK
2. Pennsylvania Supplemental Instructions for completing Environmental Evaluation Worksheet CPA-52
A. Special Environmental Concerns - Section III - Planning & Environmental Compliance Information -Environmental Evaluation CPA-52
B. Using Categorical Exclusions - Section III - Planning & Environmental Compliance Information - Environmental Evaluation CPA-52
C. Pennsylvania Resource Concerns - Section III- National Resource Concern List and Planning Criteria
3. NRCS-CPA-52 Example - Section III - Planning & Environmental Compliance Information - Environmental Evaluation CPA-52
4. Cultural Resources - Section II - Cultural Resources
5. Endangered and Threatened Species
A. Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, PNDI Project Planning Environmental Review (PNDI Search)
B. PNDI - NRCS Guidance (PDF, 38.3KB)
C. Federal Threatened and Endangered Species List - Section II - Special Environmental Concerns
D. Pennsylvania Birds of Conservation Concern (PDF, 24.8KB)
6. Wetlands - Pennsylvania Off-Site Wetland Determination Method - Section II - Special Environmental Concerns
A. Pennsylvania Off-Site Wetland Determination Methods (PDF, 39.6KB)
7. Other helpful information for completing Environmental Evaluation Worksheet (Documents require Adobe Acrobat.)
A. Planning and Environmental Compliance Information - Section III - Planning & Environmental Compliance Information
B. For additional information on resource assessment tools - see FOTG.
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