Document: 10 CFR Part 51
Document ID: 164e6208-52cb-43be-9afe-e2c5a909ed65
Document Type: cfr
Title: Criterion for categorical exclusion; identification of licensing and regulatory actions eligible for categorical exclusion or otherwise not requiring environmental review.
Source: 10 CFR Part 51
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-51/section-51.22
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Chapter: 
Section ID: 51.22
CFR Part: 51
CFR Title: 10

Content:
rt faculty and curricular development in such fields, and to support other domestic educational, technical assistance, or training programs (including those of trade schools) in such fields, except to the extent that such grants or programs include activities directly affecting the environment, such as: ( i ) The construction of facilities; ( ii ) A major disturbance brought about by blasting, drilling, excavating or other means; ( iii ) Field work, except that which only involves noninvasive or non-harmful techniques such as taking water or soil samples or collecting non-protected species of flora and fauna; or ( iv ) The release of radioactive material. ( 25 ) Granting of an exemption from the requirements of any regulation of this chapter, provided that— ( i ) There is no significant hazards consideration; ( ii ) There is no significant change in the types or significant increase in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite; ( iii ) There is no significant increase in individual or cumulative public or occupational radiation exposure; ( iv ) There is no significant construction impact; ( v ) There is no significant increase in the potential for or consequences from radiological accidents; and ( vi ) The requirements from which an exemption is sought involve: ( A ) Recordkeeping requirements; ( B ) Reporting requirements; ( C ) Inspection or surveillance requirements; ( D ) Equipment servicing or maintenance scheduling requirements; ( E ) Education, training, experience, qualification, requalification or other employment suitability requirements; ( F ) Safeguard plans, and materials control and accounting inventory scheduling requirements; ( G ) Scheduling requirements; ( H ) Surety, insurance or indemnity requirements; or ( I ) Other requirements of an administrative, managerial, or organizational nature. ( d ) In accordance with section 121 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10141 ), the promulgation of technical requirements