(a) As required by SEQR, this department has reviewed its statutory authority, regulations, policy, procedures, and the various types of actions with which it is involved. In the light of such review, the department has determined that its actions (with the exception of future capital construction projects) fall within the following categories:

1. (1) consumer protection;
2. (2) economic regulation;
3. (3) prevention and control of plant and animal diseases, and human diseases which are transmitted or vectored by food or animals; and
4. (4) promotion, and marketing assistance to agriculture. The department finds that all of its actions are Type II actions as defined by section 617.12 of Title 6 and do not have a significant effect upon the environment within the meaning of SEQR and the regulations of ENCON adopted pursuant thereto, and therefore do not require an EIS.