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Environmental Assessment Worksheet For Name of proposal including town county USDA Rural Development Revised 9/23/2013  POLICY It is the policy of USDA Rural Development not to approve or fund any applicant proposals that, as a result of their identifiable impacts, direct or indirect, would lead to or accommodate the irreconcilable impact on the assessment categories listed in this document. The only exception to this policy is if the approving official determines that there is no reasonable alternative to the proposal, the proposal conforms to the planning criteria, and the proposal includes all practicable measures for reducing the impact in accordance to the corresponding federal regulation. ORGANIZING THE REPORT Page 1: Create a coversheet that includes the project name, location (i.e. city county) Page 2: This page Page 3: Table of Contents Page 4: Answer Sections I, II and III in narrative form. Do not include these questions in the EA. Remaining Pages: Complete Section IV using this document or create your own following this format. All items with a (bullet ?, italicized, and/or in BLUE PRINT) do not need to be copied into the final EA document. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE CRITERIA IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES: In completing this assessment, it is important to understand the comprehensive nature of the impacts which must be analyzed. Consideration must be given to all potential impacts associated with the construction of the proposal, its operation and maintenance, the operation of all primary beneficiaries, and the attainment of the proposal’s major objectives. The attainment of the proposal’s major objectives often induces or supports changes in population densities, land uses, community services, transportation systems and resource consumption. The scope of the assessment is broadened even further when there are related activities involved. The impacts of these activities must also be ass