[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 29, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 68720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30829]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 1021


Request for Information Regarding Categorical Exclusions

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Request for information.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) intends to update its 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) categorical exclusions, and 
seeks input from interested parties to help identify activities that 
should be considered for new or revised categorical exclusions.

DATES: Responses should be e-mailed or postmarked by January 25, 2010. 
Late responses will be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: E-mail submissions are encouraged due to the delivery time 
required for mail, and should be sent to [email protected]. 
Alternatively, submissions may be faxed to 202-586-7031 or mailed to 
Yardena Mansoor; Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance (GC-54); U.S. 
Department of Energy; 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20585.
    Additional information on this Request for Information, including 
what information should be submitted and how to submit responses, may 
be found at http://www.gc.energy.gov/nepa/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yardena Mansoor, Office of NEPA Policy 
and Compliance (GC-54), 202-586-9326, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Categorical exclusions are classes of 
actions that DOE has by regulation determined do not individually or 
cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and, 
therefore, normally require neither an environmental impact statement 
nor an environmental assessment. DOE's categorical exclusions are 
listed at 10 CFR part 1021, appendices A and B to subpart D.

    Issued in Washington, DC on December 23, 2009.
Scott Blake Harris,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. E9-30829 Filed 12-28-09; 8:45 am]
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