National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
(2) Operations and Management Activities including:
Exclusion Text
(vii) Small-scale, short-term cleanup actions under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or other authorities to reduce risk to human health or the environment from the release or imminent and substantial threat of release of a hazardous substance other than high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, including treatment (such as incineration, encapsulation, physical or chemical separation, and compaction), recovery, storage, or disposal of wastes at existing facilities currently handling the type of waste involved in the action.
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