Categorical exclusion definition

Categorical exclusion means a category of actions
Categorical exclusion means a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a Federal agency in implementation of these regulations (§ 1507.3) and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required. An agency may decide in its procedures or otherwise, to prepare environmental assessments for the reasons stated in § 1508.9 even though it is not required to do so. Any procedures under this section shall provide for extraordinary circumstances in which a normally excluded action may have a significant environmental effect.
Categorical exclusion means a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a Federal agency in implementation of these regulations (Sec. 1507.3) and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required...Any procedures under this section shall provide for extraordinary circumstances in which a normally excluded action may have a significant environmental effect.”

Examples of Categorical exclusion in a sentence

  • Categorical exclusion for projects of limited Federal assistance.

  • Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions.

  • Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events.

  • Categorical exclusion refers to a category of activities for which no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact under NEPA is required, except in extraordinary circumstances (see §58.2(a)(3)) in which a normally excluded activity may have a significant impact.

  • Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional forests.


More Definitions of Categorical exclusion

Categorical exclusion means a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect
Categorical exclusion means a category of actions that a Federal agency has deter- mined normally does not significantly affect the quality of the human environment with- in the meaning of section 102(2)(C).
Categorical exclusion means a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a Federal agency in implementation of these regulations (Sec. 1507.3) and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required. An agency may decide in its procedures or otherwise, to prepare environmental assessments for the reasons stated in Sec.
Categorical exclusion means a category of actions that the agency has determined, in its agency NEPA procedures (§ 1507.3 of this chapter), normally do not have a significant effect on the human environment.
Categorical exclusion. ’ means a category of actions which do not individually or cu- mulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a Federal agency in implementa- tion of these regulations and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assess- ment nor an environmental impact state- ment is required. An agency may decide in its procedures or otherwise, to prepare envi- ronmental assessments for the reasons stat- ed in § 1508.9 even though it is not required to do so. Any procedures under this section shall provide for extraordinary cir- cumstances in which a normally excluded ac- tion may have a significant environmental effect. (40 CFR 1508.4)
Categorical exclusion means a cat- egory of actions described in § 380.4, which do not individually or cumula- tively have a significant effect on the human environment and which the Commission has found to have no such effect and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is re- quired. The Commission may decide to prepare environmental assessments for the reasons stated in § 380.4(b).
Categorical exclusion means a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a Federal agency in implementation of these regulations (§ 1507.3) and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required. . . .