Categorical Exclusion

Training and Exercises

Exclusion Text

G1 Training of homeland security personnel, including international, Tribal, State, and local agency representatives using existing facilities where the training occurs in accordance with applicable permits and other requirements for the protection of the environment. This exclusion does not apply to training that involves the use of live chemical, biological, or radiological agents except when conducted at a location designed and constructed to contain the materials used for that training. Examples include but are not limited to: (a) Administrative or classroom training, (b) Tactical training, including but not limited to training in explosives and incendiary devices, arson investigation and firefighting, and emergency preparedness and response, (c) Vehicle and small boat operation training, (d) Small arms and less-than-lethal weapons training, (e) Security specialties and terrorist response training, (f) Crowd control training, including gas range training, (g) Enforcement response, self-defense, and interdiction techniques training, and (h) Techniques for use in fingerprinting and drug analysis.