U.S. Army
U.S. Army's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
(b) Construction and demolition:
Exclusion Text
(1) Construction of new, alteration of existing (to include replacement or upgrades), and additions to existing buildings, facilities, structures (to include towers that do not present a collision hazard to military aircraft), launch pads, utility systems, and communication systems on previously disturbed land and/or on undisturbed land, provided there are no more than five total (contiguous or non-contiguous) acres of surface disturbance to undisturbed land (REC required). This does not include construction of facilities intended primarily for the transportation, distribution, storage, treatment, and disposal of solid waste, medical waste, and hazardous waste. Previously disturbed land has been changed such that its ecological processes have been and remain altered by human activity and encompasses areas that have been transformed from native vegetation to nonnative species or a managed state. Undisturbed land in its natural state or land which has reverted to its natural state where ecological processes remain unattended by human activity.
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