Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Exclusion Text
M12 Development of plans by FEMA for the purpose of preparing for disasters, recovering from disasters, and identifying opportunities for mitigating the effects of future disasters; and the issuance of national frameworks, doctrines, guidance, standard operating procedures, and handbooks for the coordination of Federal, State, local, and private disaster response, recovery, and hazard mitigation. This CATEX is not applicable to subsequent decisions on specific situations or projects that are reasonably foreseeable in order to implement the plan.
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