U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Exclusion Text
*L53 Congressionally mandated regulations designed to improve or protect the environment (e.g., regulations implementing the requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, such as those requiring vessels to have the capability to transmit and receive on radio channels that would allow them to receive critical safety and navigation warnings in U.S. waters, regulations to increase civil penalties against persons responsible for the discharge of oil or hazardous substances into U.S. waters, etc.).
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