Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Exclusion Text
(USDA-25c-USFS) Sale or exchange of land or interest in land and resources where resulting land uses remain essentially the same. Examples include, but are not limited to: (i) Selling or exchanging land pursuant to the Small Tracts Act; (ii) Exchanging NFS lands or interests with a State agency, local government, or other non-Federal party (individual or organization) with similar resource management objectives and practices; (iii) Authorizing the Bureau of Land Management to issue leases on producing wells when mineral rights revert to the United States from private ownership and there is no change in activity; and (iv) Exchange of administrative sites involving other than NFS lands.
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