General Services Administration
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5.3 AUTOMATIC CATEXs
Exclusion Text
(h) Site characterization studies and environmental monitoring, including siting, construction, operation, and dismantling or closing of characterization and monitoring devices. Such activities include, but are not limited to: (1) Site characterization and environmental monitoring activities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); (2) Geological, geophysical, geochemical, and engineering surveys and mapping, including the establishment of survey marks; (3) Installation and operation of field instruments, such as stream-gauging stations or flow-measuring devices, telemetry systems, geochemical monitoring tools, and geophysical exploration tools; (4) Drilling of wells for sampling or monitoring of groundwater, well logging, and installation of water-level recording devices in wells; (5) Aquifer response testing; (6) Installation and operation of ambient air monitoring equipment; (7) Sampling and characterization of water, soil rock, or contaminants; (8) Sampling and characterization of water effluents, air emissions, or solid waste streams; (9) Sampling of flora or fauna; (10) Historic property identification and evaluation studies in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).
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