Legacy CEQ-compiled dataset (pre-authoritative baseline)
Compiled referenceCategorical 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
*E3 Acquisition, installation, operation, and maintenance of equipment, devices, and/or controls necessary to mitigate effects of the Department’s missions on health and the environment, including the execution of appropriate real estate agreements. Examples include but are not limited to:
(a) Pollution prevention and pollution control equipment required to meet applicable Federal, Tribal, State, or local requirements,
(b) Noise abatement measures, including construction of noise barriers, installation of noise control materials, or planting native trees and/or native vegetation for use as a noise abatement measure, and,
(c) Devices to protect human or animal life, such as raptor electrocution prevention devices, fencing to restrict wildlife movement on to airfields, fencing and grating to prevent accidental entry to hazardous or restricted areas, and rescue beacons to protect human life.
Provenance
- Agency: Legacy CEQ-compiled dataset (pre-authoritative baseline) (LEGACY)
- Source provenance: Compiled reference
- Source type: legacy seed
- Identifier:
DHS--1-5-38 - Fetched at: 1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 (not an agency verification date)
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.
When using the CE Explorer Tool, Federal agencies and stakeholders should review the relevant agency's NEPA procedures for information about how to apply the CE, including any limitations or potential extraordinary circumstances, and to ensure that a CE is current and applicable to a given proposed action. To adopt and use another agency's categorical exclusion, an agency must follow the steps described in section 109 of NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4336c.
