Categorical Exclusion

(c) List of No REC Determination Form Required (NR) FBI CATEXs.

Exclusion Text

(NR9) Conducting audits and surveys; data collection; data analysis; and processing, permitting, information dissemination, review, interpretation, and development of documents. If any of these activities results in proposals for further action, those proposals must be covered by an appropriate CATEX or other NEPA analysis. Examples include: (i) Document mailings, publication, and distribution, training and information programs, historical and cultural demonstrations, and public affairs actions; (ii) Studies, reports, proposals, analyses, literature reviews, computer modeling, and intelligence gathering and sharing; (iii) Activities designed to support improvement or upgrade management of natural resources, such as surveys for threatened and endangered species or cultural resources; wetland delineations; and minimal water, air, waste, and soil sampling; (iv) Minimally intrusive geological, geophysical, and geo-technical activities, including mapping and engineering surveys; (v) Conducting facility audits, Environmental Site Assessments, and environmental baseline surveys; and (vi) Vulnerability, risk, and structural integrity assessments of infrastructure.