10 C.F.R. Appendix A to Subpart D of Part 1021—Categorical Exclusions Applicable to General Agency Actions
Title 10 - Energy
Table of Contents A1. Routine administrative/financial/personnel actions A2. Contract interpretations/amendments/modifications, clarifying or administrative A3. Certain actions by Office of Hearings and Appeals A4. Interpretations/rulings for existing regulations A5. Rulemaking (interpreting/amending), no change in environmental effect A6. Rulemakings, procedural A7. Transfer of property, use unchanged A8. Award of contracts for technical support/management and operation/personal services A9. Information gathering/data analysis/document preparation/dissemination A10. Reports or recommendations on non-DOE legislation A11. Technical advice and assistance to organizations A12. Emergency preparedness planning A13. Procedural Orders, Notices, and guidelines A14. Approval of technical exchange arrangements A15. Umbrella agreements for cooperation in energy research and development A1 Routine actions necessary to support the normal conduct of agency business, such as administrative, financial, and personnel actions. A2 Contract interpretations, amendments, and modifications that are clarifying or administrative in nature. A3 Adjustments, exceptions, exemptions, appeals, and stays, modifications, or rescissions of orders issued by the Office of Hearings and Appeals. A4 Interpretations and rulings with respect to existing regulations, or modifications or rescissions of such interpretations and rulings. A5 Rulemaking interpreting or amending an existing rule or regulation that does not change the environmental effect of the rule or regulation being amended. A6 Rulemakings that are strictly procedural, such as rulemaking (under 48 CFR part 9) establishing procedures for technical and pricing proposals and establishing contract clauses and contracting practices for the purchase of goods and services, and rulemaking (under 10 CFR part 600) establishing application and review procedures for, and administration, audit, and closeout of, grants and cooperative agreements. A7 Transfer, lease, disposition, or acquisition of interests in personal property (e.g., equipment and materials) or real property (e.g., permanent structures and land), if property use is to remain unchanged; i.e., the type and magnitude of impacts would remain essentially the same. A8 Award of contracts for technical support services, management and operation of a government-owned facility, and personal services. A9 Information gathering (including, but not limited to, literature surveys, inventories, audits), data analysis (including computer modelling), document preparation (such as conceptual design or feasibility studies, analytical energy supply and demand studies), and dissemination (including, but not limited to, document mailings, publication, and distribution; and classroom training and informational programs), but not including site characterization or environmental monitoring. (Also see B3.1.) A10 Reports or recommendations on legislation or rulemaking that is not proposed by DOE. A11 Technical advice and planning assistance to international, national, state, and local organizations. A12 Emergency preparedness planning activities, including the designation of onsite evacuation routes. A13 Administrative, organizational, or procedural Orders, Notices, and guidelines. A14 Approval of technical exchange arrangements for information, data, or personnel with other countries or international organizations, including, but not limited to, assistance in identifying and analyzing another country's energy resources, needs and options. A15 Approval of DOE participation in international “umbrella” agreements for cooperation in energy research and development activities that would not commit the U.S. to any specific projects or activities. [57 FR 15144, Apr. 24, 1992, as amended at 61 FR 36239, July 9, 1996]
Title 10: Energy
PART 1021—NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURES
Subpart D—Typical Classes of Actions
Appendix A to Subpart D of Part 1021—Categorical Exclusions Applicable to General Agency Actions
