[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100987-100988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29352]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Notice of Adoption of Categorical Exclusions Under the National 
Environmental Policy Act; Correction

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of adoption of categorical exclusions; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects the description for five categorical 
exclusions (CATEXes) adopted by the Department of the Air Force through 
posting in the Federal Register on 25 November 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jack Bush, DAF NEPA Policy and 
Execution Oversite, 703-695-1773, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Correction

    In the Federal Register of November 25, 2024, in FR Doc. 2024-
27545, on pages 92912 and 92913, the following corrections are made:
    On page 92912 in the third column for DON CATEX (f)(27), the word 
``like'' is corrected to ``similar to'' in the sentence.

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    On page 92912 in the third column for DON CATEX (f)(33), the word 
``like'' is corrected to ``similar to'' in the first sentence.
    On page 92913 in the second column, NASA CATEX (d)(2)(i) is revised 
to read: ``(d)(2)(i) Routine maintenance, minor construction or 
rehabilitation, minor demolition, minor modification, minor repair, and 
continuing or altered operations at, or of, existing NASA or NASA-
funded or -approved facilities and equipment, such as buildings, roads, 
grounds, utilities, communication systems, and ground support systems 
(e.g., space tracking and data systems). This includes routine 
operations such as security, public health and safety, and 
environmental services.''
    On page 92913 in the second column, NASA CATEX (d)(3)(i) is revised 
to read: ``(d)(3)(i) Research, development, testing, and evaluation in 
compliance with all applicable Federal, state, Tribal, or local laws or 
requirements and Executive Orders. This includes the research, 
development, testing, and evaluation of scientific instruments proposed 
for use on spacecraft, aircraft (including unmanned aircraft systems), 
sounding rockets, balloons, laboratories, watercraft, or other outdoor 
activities.''
    On page 92913 in the second column, NASA CATEX (d)(3)(iii) is 
revised to read: ``(d)(3)(iii) Use of lasers for research and 
development, scientific instruments and measurements, and distance and 
ranging, where such use meets all applicable Federal, state, Tribal, or 
local laws or requirements and Executive orders. This includes lasers 
associated with spacecraft, aircraft (including unmanned aircraft 
systems), sounding rockets, balloons, laboratories, watercraft, or 
other outdoor activities.''

Tommy W. Lee,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-29352 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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