Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Exclusion Text
(USDA-30c-FSA) FSA Loan Actions (i) Closing cost payments; (ii) Commodity loans; (iii) Debt set asides; (iv) Deferral of loan payments; (v) Youth loans; (vi) Loan consolidation; (vii) Loans for annual operating expenses, except livestock; (viii) Loans for equipment; (ix) Loans for family living expenses; (x) Loan subordination, with no or minimal construction below the depth of previous tillage or ground disturbance, and no change in operations, including, but not limited to, an increase in animal numbers to exceed the current CAFO designation (as defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 40 CFR 122.23); (xi) Loans to pay for labor costs; (xii) Loan (debt) transfers and assumptions with no new ground disturbance; (xiii) Partial or complete release of loan collateral; (xiv) Re-amortization of loans; (xv) Refinancing of debt; (xvi) Rescheduling loans; (xvii) Restructuring of loans; and (xvii) Writing down of debt;
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