The three major types of actions which are exempt from NEPA
procedural or documentation requirements are: 1) congressionally
exempt actions, 2) emergency actions and 3) rejections of
proposed actions based on statutory or regulatory authority. If
an action is exempt from NEPA, then no further NEPA review is
conducted. Review and compliance for other laws and regulations,
however, may still be conducted. Categorically Excluded Actions
Certain categories of actions have been determined to have an
insignificant effect and generally do not require preparation of
an EA or EIS. This list of categorically excluded actions is
determined by the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of
Land Management at a national level. If an action is
categorically excluded, it is compared to a list of exceptions.
The list of exceptions describe circumstances where an activity
with normally insignificant effects might be considered to have
significant effects. If one or more exception circumstances
apply to the proposed action,