National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Compliance

The Office of Science (SC) has a NEPA Compliance Officer on staff to coordinate all NEPA compliance and support matters at its laboratories. Responsibilities include managing the review and approval of NEPA documentation of SC Headquarter programs, and working with Department of Energy (DOE) Science programs and other DOE Headquarters Program Offices conducting research at SC facilities. SC takes a proactive approach in meeting the environmental and decision-making goals of NEPA and associated Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations by developing and implementing:

Policy and management expectations.
NEPA guidance and procedures.
A NEPA Quality Awards program to recognize achievements.

Visit the SC National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Compliance site.

Office of Science CX Reporting Table

Pacific Northwest Site Office

	Determination Date	Name of Action: Description	Categorical Exclusion Number	Extraordinary Circumstances	Connected to other Actions	Potential Cumulative Impact	Precluded by 40 CFR 1506.1 or 10 CFR 1021.211
1	09/23/2009	331 Building Irrigation Upgrades, 300 Area (ARRA funded)	B2.5	No	No	No	No
2	09/30/2009	Install A Photovoltaic Power Generation Array And Electric Car Charging Stations, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (ARRA funded)	B1.15	No	No	No	No
3	07/02/2010	Construction of The EMSL Quiet Wing	B1.15	No	No	No	No
4	08/30/2011	Establishment of an easement for enhanced electrical service to the computational sciences facility	B1-7	No	No	No	No
5	11/28/2011	Site Wide CX small-scale research and development, laboratory operations, and pilot projects	B3.6	No	No	No	No
6	11/28/2011	Site Wide CX microbiological and biomedical research projects	B3-12	No	No	No	No
7	11/28/2011	Site Wide CX siting, constructing modifying, and operating small-scale structures	B1.15	No	No	No	No
8	11/28/2011	Site Wide CX site characterization and environmental monitoring	B3.1	No	No	No	No
9	11/28/2011	Site Wide CX training programs, exercises, and drills	B1.2	No	No	No	No
10	11/28/2011	Site Wide CX outdoor tests on materials and components	B3.11	No	No	No	No
11	11/28/2011	Site Wide CX minor road and utility alterations	B1.3 B1.7 B1.13 B1.32 B4.7	No	No	No	No
12	11/28/2011	Site Wide CX safety and security component installation and alteration	B1.11 B2.2	No	No	No	No
13	12/12/2011	Small-scale research and development projects using nanoscale materials	B2-15	No	No	No	No
14	06/30/2011	Install EMSL super-computer power infrastructure	B1.7	No	No	No	No
15	01/04/2012	Project specific categorical exclusion for a wave glider-based passive acoustic detection system	B3.6 B3.16	No	No	No	No
16	02/27/2012	U.S. Belle II Project	B3.6	No	No	No	No
17	03/28/2012	Sitewide CX for Research Activities in Aquatic Enviroments	B3-16	No	No	No	No
18	05/22/2012	CX for US Customs & Border Protection Non-Intrusive Inspection Tests	B3.10 B3.11	No	No	No	No
19	06/07/2012	Sitewide CX for Property Transfers	B1-24	No	No	No	No
20	06/21/2012	CX for US Customs & Border Protection High Energy Radiography Test Capability	B3.10 B3.11	No	No	No	No
21	08/01/2012	CX for Routine Maintenance	B3.3	No	No	No	No