Legacy CEQ-compiled dataset (pre-authoritative baseline)
Compiled reference U.S. Agency for International Development's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
Agency for International Development (USAID)
(c) Categorical exclusions. (1) The following criteria have been applied in determining the classes of actions including in §216.2(c)(2) for which an Initial Environmental Examination, Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Statement generally are not required;
(i) The action does not have an effect on the natural or physicial environment;
(ii) A.I.D. does not have knowledge of or control over, and the objective of A.I.D. in furnishing assistance does not require, either prior to approval of financing or prior to implementation of specific activities, knowledge of or control over, the details of the specific activities that have an effect on the physicial and natural environment for which financing is provided by A.I.D.;
(iii) Research activities which may have an affect on the physicial and natural environment but will not have a significant effect as a result of limited scope, carefully controlled nature and effective monitoring.
Exclusion Text
(ix) Assistance provided under a Commodity Import Program when, prior to approval, A.I.D. does not have knowledge of the specific commodities to be financed and when the objective in furnishing such assistance requires neither knowledge, at the time the assistance is authorized, nor control, during implementation, of the commodities or their use in the host country.
Provenance
- Agency: Legacy CEQ-compiled dataset (pre-authoritative baseline) (LEGACY)
- Source provenance: Compiled reference
- Source type: legacy seed
- Identifier:
USAID--1-1-9 - 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.
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