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, documentation, dissemination, and training 

A10 - Reports on non-DOE legislation 

A11 - Technical advice and planning assistance 

 construction/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 maintenance and custodial services 

B1.4 - Air conditioning installation for existing equipment 

B1.5 - Cooling water system improvements in existing structures 

B1.6 - Installation of runoff/spill control retention tanks and basins 

B1.7 - Communication system and data processing equipment acquisition, 

 installation, operation, removal 

B1.8 - Screened water intake/outflow structure mods, within permits 

B1.11 - Fence installation, no adverse effect on wildlife or water flow 

B1.12 - Detonation/burning of failed/damaged 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 structure, 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 developed area/demolition/disposal 

B1.23 - Demolition/disposal of buildings, equipment, and structures 

B1.24 - Transfer, disposition, or acquisition 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 facilities in environmentally safe condition 

B1.29 - Small on-site const/demolition waste 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 enhance 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 characterization/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, experimental oil/gas/geothermal 

 construction/operation 

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

B3.9 - Certain CCT demonstration 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/geothermal pumps and piping, no flow 

 changes, or air emission effects 

B5.3 - Modification (not expansion)/abandonment of oil storage 

 access/ brine injection/gas/geothermal wells; no site closure 

B5.4 - Repair/replacement of pipeline 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 Restoration/Waste Minimization 

B6.1 - Cleanup actions: small-scale, short-term (< $5MM and 5 years)

B6.2 - Siting/construction/operation of temporary pilot-scale waste 

collection/treatment/stabilization/containment facilities 

B6.3 - Environmental control system improvements in existing 

 structures, recycle/release/disposal within permitted facility 

B6.4 - Packaged hazardous waste storage 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 storing, 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

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This action would not (1) violate applicable ES&H requirements, (2) require siting of waste Treatment, Storage, Disposal or Recovery facilities, (3) disturb hazardous substances (excluding naturally 

occurring petroleum and natural gas), thus producing uncontrolled or unpermitted releases, and (4) adversely affect environmentally sensitive resources. Furthermore, this 

action (1) would not present any extraordinary circumstances such that the action might have a significant impact upon the human environment, (2) is not connected to other 

actions with potentially significant impacts, and (3) is not related to other actions with cumulatively significant impacts. Therefore, the proposed action may be categorically 

excluded from further review.

NEPA Compliance Officer: Date Determined: 

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