National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Compiled reference National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
Operational Actions
Exclusion Text
C-2 Outdoor research activities conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements. Examples include types of research, development, testing, and evaluation activities conducted outdoors where no new ground disturbance occurs and no sensitive resources (e.g., threatened or endangered species, archaeological sites, Tribal resources, wetlands, and waterbodies) are present, such as radar testing, radio noise measurements, and public safety communications research.
Provenance
- Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration (DOC-NTIA)
- Dataset: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- Source provenance: Compiled reference
- Source type: legacy seed
- Identifier:
81eee98c-1b7c-5a70-be3d-2d14b017fdc6 - Identity status: bootstrap (publisher declaration, not independently verified)
- Identity issuer: Environmental Review Exchange prototype bootstrap; pending CEQ confirmation
- Legacy identifiers: NTIA---3-24
- 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
This CE Explorer tool is not an authoritative source and creates no rights or obligations. Review the relevant agency's NEPA procedures before applying a categorical exclusion.
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