NEPA Process and Specific Requirements - Environmental Impact Analysis: Process and Methods - page 89

TABLE 3.3
Department of the Navy's List of Categorical Exclusions
1 Routine iscal and administrative activities, including administration
of contracts

11 Routine movement of mobile assets (such as ships and aircraft)
for homeport reassignments, for repair/overhaul, or to train/perform as
operational groups where no new support facilities are required

2 Routine law and order activities performed by military

12 Routine procurement, management, storage, handling, installation, and
disposal of commercial items, where the items are used and handled in
accordance with applicable regulations (e.g., consumable, electronic
components, computer equipment, pumps)

3 Routine use and operation of existing facilities, laboratories, and
equipment

4 Administrative studies, surveys, and data collection

13 Routine recreational/welfare activities

5 Issuance or modiication of administrative procedures, regulations,
directives, manuals, or policy

14 Alteration of and additions to existing buildings, facilities, structures,
vessels, aircraft, and equipment to conform or provide conforming use
speciically required by new or existing applicable legislation or
regulations (e.g., hush houses for aircraft engines, scrubbers for air
emissions, improvements to storm water, and sanitary and industrial
wastewater collection and treatment systems, and installation of
ireighting equipment)

6 Military ceremonies

7 Routine procurement of goods and services conducted in accordance
with applicable procurement regulations, executive orders, and
policies

8 Routine repair and maintenance of buildings, facilities, vessels,
aircraft, and equipment associated with existing operations and
activities (e.g., localized pest management activities, minor erosion
control measures, painting, reitting)

15 The modiication of existing systems or equipment when the
environmental effects will remain substantially the same and the use is
consistent with applicable regulations

9 Training of an administrative or classroom nature

16 Routine movement, handling and distribution of materials, including
hazardous materials/wastes that are moved, handled,
or distributed in accordance with applicable regulations

10 Routine personnel actions

( Continued )