Notice of Adoption of Categorical Exclusions Under Section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act

概要

The National Park Service (NPS) is notifying the public and documenting the adoption of categorical exclusions (CEs) under section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The number of CEs adopted from each agency is as follows: five from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), four from the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA), one from the Presidio Trust, six from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), two from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), one from the National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), seven from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), three from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), one from the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), one from the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), one from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and one from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). In accordance with section 109, this notice identifies the types of actions to which the NPS will apply the CEs, the considerations that the NPS will use in determining the applicability of the CEs, and the consultation between the agencies on the use of the CEs, including application of extraordinary circu