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Title 21 — Food and Drugs

Part E · Chapter 9 — Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

§ 379o. Environmental impact

Statutory text

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an environmental impact statement prepared in accordance with the regulations published in part 25 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on ) in connection with an action carried out under (or a recommendation or report relating to) this chapter, shall be considered to meet the requirements for a detailed statement under section 4332(2)(C) of title 42.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997

    Pub. L. 105–115 title IV § 411 · 111 Stat. 2296

    Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 379o

    June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 749, formerly § 746, as added Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 411, Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2373

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 749, formerly § 746, as added Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 411, Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2373

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 411. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REVIEW. Chapter VII (21 U.S.C. 371 et seq.), as amended by section 407, is further amended by adding at the end the following: “Subchapter E— Environmental Impact Review “SEC. 746. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an environmental impact statement prepared in accordance with the regulations published in part 25 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on August 31, 1997) in connection with an action carried out under (or a recommendation or report relating to) this Act, shall be considered to meet the requirements for a detailed statement under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after , except as otherwise provided, see section 501 of Pub. L. 105–115, set out as an Effective Date of 1997 Amendment note under section 321 of this title.

Credits

1938–2008 · 2 acts
  1. 1938June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 749, formerly § 746, as added Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 411, , 111 Stat. 2373
  2. 2008renumbered § 749, Pub. L. 110–316, title II, § 202(a), , 122 Stat. 3515.
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(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 749, formerly § 746, as added Pub. L. 105–115, title IV, § 411, , 111 Stat. 2373; renumbered § 749, Pub. L. 110–316, title II, § 202(a), , 122 Stat. 3515.)

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