EPA Adopts DOE’s ‘Exclusions’ Under NEPA For Recycling Activities

EPA has adopted two more National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) categorical exclusions (CEs) from the Department of Energy (DOE), with one applying to the drop-off and collection of recyclable materials and another for installation or relocation of machinery and equipment at such facilities. EPA announced the CE adoptions in the March 22 Federal Register and says they will be applicable in both the agency’s general programs and in agency-administered funding opportunities. CEs cover categories of actions that an agency...