# Categorical Exclusion Determination Form

Project Title : Program or Program Office :
Location :

Project Description:

General Administration/Management

A1 - Routine business actions

A2 - Administrative contract amendments A4 - Interpretations/rulings for existing regulations A5 - Regulatory interpretations without environmental effect A6 - Procedural rulemakings upgrade A7 - Transfer of property, use unchanged A8 - Award of technical support/M &O/personal service contracts A9 - Info gathering, analysis, docum entation, dissemination, and training A10 - Reports on non-DOE legislation A11 - Technical advice and planning assistance

c onstruction/operation/decommissioning

A12 - Emergency Preparedness planning well A13 - Procedural Orders, Notices, and Guidelines A14 - Approval of technical exchange arrangements A15 - International umbrella agreements for energy R&D

Facility Operations B1.2 - Training exercises and simulation

B1.3 - Routine maintenan ce and custodial services B1.4 - Air conditioning insta llation for existing equipment B1.5 - Cooling water system impr ovements in existing structures B1.6 - Installation of runoff/spill c ontrol retention tanks and basins B1.7 - Communication system and data processing equipment acquisition, installation, operation, removal

B1.8 - Screened water intake/outfl ow structure mods, within permits B1.11 - Fence installation, no advers e effect on wildlife or water flow B1.12 - Detonation/burning of failed/da maged high explosives or propellants in designated areas, within permits

B1.13 - On-site pathway or short access road construction/acquisition B1.15 - Support building or structur e, non-waste storage, const/oper B1.16 - Removal of asbestos in accordance with regulations B1.17 - Removal of PCB items from aboveground structures B1.18 - Water supply well const/oper, from existing field, no degradation

B1.21 - Noise abatement B1.22 - Building relocation to de veloped area/demolition/disposal B1.23 - Demolition/disposal of build ings, equipment, and structures B1.24 - Transfer, disposition, or acquis ition of uncontaminated structures or equipment, environmental quality maintained

B1.25 - Transfer, disposition, or acquisition of uncontaminated land for habitat preservation/wildlife management

B1.26 - Small (<250,000 GPD) WWT facility const/oper/decom

B1.27 - Disconnection of utilities

B1.28 - Placement of unused facilitie s in environmentally safe condition

B1.29 - Small on-site const/demolition wa ste disposal facility const/oper/decom B1.30 - Transfer/transportation actions, quantities incidental to amounts at receiving site

B1.31 - Relocation/operation of machinery or equipment, similar use B1.32 - Traffic flow adjustments, existing roads. Heath and Safety

B2.1 - Modifications to e nhance workplace habitability B2.2 - Installation/improvement of building/equipment instrumentation B2.3 - Installation of equipment for personnel safety and health B2.5 - Facility safety and environmental improvements, replacement or of facility components

General Research

B3.1 - Site characterizati on/environmental monitoring

B3.3 - Research related to conservation of fish and wildlife B3.4 - Transport packaging tests for radioactive/hazardous material B3.6 - R&D or pilot facility B3.7 - New infill exploratory, e xperimental oil/gas/geothermal construction/operation

B3.8 - Outdoor ecological/environmental research in small area

B3.9 - Certain CCT demonstrati on activities, emissions unchanged B3.11- Outdoor tests, experiments on materials and equipment components, no source, special nuclear, or by-product materials

Conservation, Fossil, and Renewable Energy Activities B5.1 - Actions to conserve energy , no indoor air quality degradation B5.2 - Modification to oil/gas/geo thermal pumps and piping, no flow changes, or air emission effects

B5.3 - Modification (not expans ion)/abandonment of oil storage access/ brine injection/gas/geothermal wells; no site closure

B5.4 - Repair/replacement of pipe line sections within maintenance provisions of a Section 404 permit

B5.5 - Short crude oil/gas/steam /geothermal pipeline const/oper within a single industrial complex/existing right-of-way

B5.6 - Oil spill cleanup operations B5.12 - Workover of existing oil, gas, geothermal wells to restore production

Environmental Restora tion/Waste Minimization B6.1 - Cleanup actions: small-scale, short-term (< $5MM and 5 years) B6.2 - Siting/construction/operation of tem porary pilot-scale waste

collection/treatment/stabili zation/containment facilities B6.3 - Environmental control system improvements in existing

structures, recy cle/release/disposal within permitted facility

B6.4 - Packaged hazardous waste st orage facility const/oper/decom B6.5 - Const/oper/decom of on-site facility for characterizing/sorting or over packing previously packaged waste (not high-level or spent nuclear fuel; no unpacking)

B6.6 - Modification of facility for stor ing, packaging, or repacking waste (not high-level or spent nuclear fuel)

B6.8 - Minor operational changes to minimize waste or reuse materials B6.9 - Small-scale, temporary measures to reduce contaminated GW migration B6.10 - Upgraded waste storage facility (<50,000 ft ) for existing waste const/oper/decom

Other Specify category: *-For a Detailed Listing of DOE’s Appendix A/B Subpart D of 1021 Click Here

This action would not (1) violate applicable ES&H requirements, (2 ) require siting of waste Treatm ent, Storage, Disposal or Rec overy facilities, (3) disturb hazardous substances (excluding naturally occurring petroleum and natural gas), thus producing uncontrolled or unpermitted releases, and (4) adversely affect environment ally sensitive resources. Furthermore, this action (1) would not present any extraordinary circumstances such that the action might have a significant impact upon the huma n environment, (2) is not connected to other actions with potentially significant impacts, and (3) is not rela ted to other actions with cumulatively significant impacts. Th erefore, the proposed action may be categorically

excluded from further review.



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