据美国联邦公报消息，8月19日FDA发布一项通知，拟起草环境影响报告书（EIS），用于评估农产品生长、收获、包装、保存标准提案的潜在环境影响，并开启征集公众意见，征求意见截止日期为2013年11月15日。
部分原文报道如下：
Under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 （NEPA）， as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality （CEQ） regulations, the Food and Drug Administration （FDA） announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement （EIS） to evaluate the potential environmental effects of the proposed rule, Standards for Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption. By this notice, FDA is announcing the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues to be analyzed in an EIS. Information on the proposed rule may be accessed using the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document.
原文链接：<https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/08/19/2013-20087/notice-of-intent-to-prepare-an-environmental-impact-statement-for-the-proposed-rule-standards-for>
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