NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act - Categorical Exclusions
A categorical exclusion (CE) is a class of actions that a Federal agency has determined, after review by CEQ, do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is normally required.
eCFR :: 36 CFR 220.6 -- Categorical exclusions.
§ 220.6 Categorical exclusions. ( a ) General. A proposed action may be categorically excluded from further analysis and documentation in an EIS or EA only if there are no extraordinary circumstances related to the proposed action and if:
§ 46.205 Actions categorically excluded from further NEPA review. Categorical Exclusion means a category or kind of action that has no significant individual or cumulative effect on the quality of the human environment. See 40 CFR 1508.4.
Categorical Exclusions | U.S. Department of the Interior
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) defines categorical exclusions (CEs) as a category of actions that a Federal agency has determined normally does not significantly affect the quality of the human environment (42 USC 4336e (1); 40 CFR 1508.1(d)).
Categorical exclusions (CATEXs) are categories of actions that do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the quality of the human environment. CATEXs applicable to EPA actions are listed at 40 C.F.R. § 6.204(a).
National Environmental Policy Act Review Process | US EPA
2024年7月15日 · The environmental review under NEPA can involve three different levels of analysis: A federal action may be "categorically excluded" from a detailed environmental analysis when the federal action normally does not have a significant effect on the human environment (40 CFR 1508.1 (e)).
FEMA Categorical Exclusions
2020年7月28日 · The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) provides for each agency to develop a list of categories of actions that are determined through agency experience to typically have no significant environmental impact, and thus may generally be excluded from detailed documentation (Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement).
Categorical Exclusion (CX) Determinations - Department of Energy
Categorical exclusions are categories of actions that a federal agency has determined, in its NEPA procedures, normally do not have a significant effect on the human environment and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement normally is required.
DOE Categorical Exclusion (CX) Determinations - Department of …
Effective May 30, 2024, DOE revised the categorical exclusions for solar photovoltaic systems and for upgrading and rebuilding transmission lines, and added a categorical exclusion for certain energy storage systems. More information is available here: DOE NEPA Categorical Exclusion Rulemaking (2024).
eCFR :: 24 CFR 58.35 -- Categorical exclusions.
Categorical exclusion refers to a category of activities for which no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact under NEPA is required, except in extraordinary circumstances (see § 58.2(a)(3)) in which a normally excluded activity may have a significant impact.