Department of Agriculture
Compiled reference Department of Agriculture's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)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-31d-USFS) Modification or maintenance of stream or lake aquatic habitat improvement structures using native materials or normal practices. Examples include, but are not limited to: (i) Reconstructing a gabion with stone from a nearby source; (ii) Adding brush to lake fish beds; and (iii) Cleaning and resurfacing a fish ladder at a hydroelectric dam.
Provenance
- Agency: Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Dataset: Department of Agriculture
- Source provenance: Compiled reference
- Source type: legacy seed
- Identifier:
29adc156-8843-5636-be45-4e14eb3119c3 - Identity status: bootstrap (publisher declaration, not independently verified)
- Identity issuer: Environmental Review Exchange prototype bootstrap; pending CEQ confirmation
- Legacy identifiers: USDA--2-2-65
- Fetched at: 1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 (not an agency verification date)
- Catalog scope: agency; publisher declares complete: false
Source legal reference
CEQ-compiled compendium of Federal categorical exclusions (historical, non-authoritative baseline)
Disclaimer
This CE Explorer tool is not an authoritative source and creates no rights or obligations. Review the relevant agency's NEPA procedures before applying a categorical exclusion.
When using the CE Explorer Tool, Federal agencies and stakeholders should review the relevant agency's NEPA procedures for information about how to apply the CE, including any limitations or potential extraordinary circumstances, and to ensure that a CE is current and applicable to a given proposed action. To adopt and use another agency's categorical exclusion, an agency must follow the steps described in section 109 of NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4336c.
