Department of Homeland Security

Compiled reference

Categorical Exclusion

Construction, Installation, and Demolition Activities

*Denotes classes of actions that have a higher possibility of involving extraordinary circumstances. A REC will be prepared to document consideration of extraordinary circumstances whenever a CATEX that is identified by an asterisk is used.

Exclusion Text

*E2 New construction upon or improvement of land where all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The structure and proposed use are compatible with applicable Federal, Tribal, State, and local planning and zoning standards and consistent with Federally-approved State coastal management programs,
(b) The site is in a developed area and/or a previously-disturbed site,
(c) The proposed use will not substantially increase the number of motor vehicles at the facility or in the area,
(d) The site and scale of construction or improvement are consistent with those of existing, adjacent, or nearby buildings, and,
(e) The construction or improvement will not result in uses that exceed existing support infrastructure capacities (roads, sewer, water, parking, etc.).

Provenance

Agency: Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Dataset: Department of Homeland Security
Source provenance: Compiled reference
Source type: legacy seed
Identifier: 1471e2af-7fca-5d3b-8cba-e37fa4e06e01
Identity status: bootstrap (publisher declaration, not independently verified)
Identity issuer: Environmental Review Exchange prototype bootstrap; pending CEQ confirmation
Legacy identifiers: DHS--1-5-37
Fetched at: 1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 (not an agency verification date)
Catalog scope: agency; publisher declares complete: false

Source legal reference

CEQ-compiled compendium of Federal categorical exclusions (historical, non-authoritative baseline)

Disclaimer

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