1940.330—Monitoring.
(a)
FmHA or its successor agency under Public Law 103-354 staff who normally have responsibility for the postapproval inspection and monitoring of approved projects will ensure that those measures which were identified in the preapproval stage and required to be undertaken in order to reduce adverse environmental impacts are effectively implemented.
(b)
This staff, as identified in paragraph (a) of this section, will review the action's approval documents and consult with the preparer of the action's environmental review document prior to making site visits or requesting project status reports in order to determine if there are environmental requirements to be monitored.
(c)
The preparer will directly monitor actions containing difficult or complex environmental special conditions.
(d)
Before certifying that conditions contained within offers of financial assistance have been fully met, the responsible monitoring staff will obtain the position of the preparer for those conditions developed as a result of the environmental review.
(e)
Whenever noncompliance with an environmental special condition is detected by FmHA or its successor agency under Public Law 103-354 staff, the preparer and the SEC will be immediately informed. The approving official will then take appropriate steps, in consultation with the responsible program office, the SEC and preparer, to bring the action into compliance.