National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
Real and Personal Property Improvement, Maintenance, and Construction Actions
Exclusion Text
[F5.] ‘‘Installation, operation, maintenance, improvements, repair, upgrade, removal, and/or replacement of instruments or instrument systems in or on: 1. An existing structure or object (e.g., tower, antenna, building, pier, buoy, terrestrial vehicle, or bridge) or 2. on previously disturbed (e.g., filled, paved, or cleared) ground, or 3. on undisturbed ground, if the equipment installation, operation, and removal will require no or minimal ground disturbance.’’ Microwave/radio communications towers and antennas must be limited to 200 feet in height without guy wires.
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