Categorical Exclusion

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

The following categorical exclusions require NEPA documentation, which will be completed as set forth at § 1b.3(g).

Exclusion Text

(USDA-01d-FSA) Construction or ground disturbance actions.
(i) Bridges;
(ii) Chiseling and subsoiling in areas not previously tilled;
(iii) Construction of a new farm storage facility;
(iv) Dams;
(v) Dikes and levees;
(vi) Diversions;
(vii) Drop spillways;
(viii) Dugouts;
(ix) Excavation;
(x) Grade stabilization structures;
(xi) Grading, leveling, shaping and filling in areas or to depths not previously disturbed;
(xii) Installation of structures designed to regulate water flow such as pipes, flashboard risers, gates, chutes, and outlets;
(xiii) Irrigation systems;
(xiv) Land smoothing;
(xv) Line waterways or outlets;
(xvi) Lining;
(xvii) Livestock crossing facilities;
(xviii) Pesticide containment facility;
(xix) Pipe drop;
(xx) Pipeline for watering facility;
(xxi) Ponds, including sealing and lining;
(xxii) Precision land farming with ground disturbance;
(xxiii) Riparian buffer establishment;
(xxiv) Roads, including access roads;
(xxv) Rock barriers;
(xxvi) Rock filled infiltration trenches;
(xxvii) Sediment basin;
(xxviii) Sediment structures;
(xxix) Site preparation for planting or seeding in areas not previously tilled;
(xxx) Soil and water conservation structures;
(xxxi) Stream bank and shoreline protection;
(xxxii) Structures for water control;
(xxxiii) Subsurface drains;
(xxxiv) Surface roughening;
(xxxv) Terracing;
(xxxvi) Underground outlets;
(xxxvii) Watering tank or trough installation, if in areas not previously disturbed;
(xxxviii) Wells; and
(xxxix) Wetland restoration.