---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3100.40"
title: "7"
number: "3100.40"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3100.40"
---

# §3100.40. Purpose.

- (a) This subpart establishes USDA policy regarding the enhancement, protection, and management of the cultural environment.
- (b) This subpart establishes procedures for implementing Executive Order 11593, and regulations promulgated by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) “Protection of Historical and Cultural Properties” in [36 CFR part 800](/cfr/36/part800.md) as required by [§ 800.10](/cfr/7/800.10.md) of those regulations.
- (c) **Direction is provided to the agencies of USDA for protection of the cultural environment.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 106, National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470f); National Environmental Policy Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ); E.O. 11593, 36 FR 8921, May 13, 1971.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 66181, Nov. 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted.