1 CFR § 601.10 — § 601.10 Characteristics of Commission actions eligible for a Categorical Exclusion.

§ 601.10 Characteristics of Commission actions eligible for a Categorical Exclusion. ( a ) A Categorical Exclusion is a type of action that does not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which has been found to have no such effect by NCPC. ( b ) Actions that generally qualify for application of a Categorical Exclusion and do not require either an EA or an EIS exhibit the following characteristics: ( 1 ) Minimal or no effect on the human environment; ( 2 ) No significant change to existing environmental conditions; ( 3 ) No significant cumulative environmental impacts; and ( 4 ) Similarity to actions previously assessed in an EA concluding in a FONSI and monitored to confirm the FONSI. {"origins":[{"level":"part","identifier":"601","label_level":"Part 601","hierarchy":{"title":"1","chapter":"VI","part":"601"},"current":false,"authority":["\u003ca href=\"https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/4371\" class=\"usc external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e42 U.S.C. 4371\u003c/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"/current/title-40/section-1507.3\" class=\"cfr external\"\u003e40 CFR 1507.3\u003c/a\u003e\n"],"source":["\u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/citation/82-FR-45424\" class=\"fr-reference\" data-reference=\"82 FR 45424\"\u003e82 FR 45424\u003c/a\u003e, Sept. 29, 2017; \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/citation/82-FR-48609\" class=\"fr-reference\" data-reference=\"82 FR 48609\"\u003e82 FR 48609\u003c/a\u003e, Oct. 19, 2017, unless otherwise noted.\n"],"link":"/current/title-1/part-601","title":"Part 601"}]}