[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR907.11]

[Page 183-184]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
         CHAPTER IX--PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
 
PART 907--ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 907.11  Actions that normally require an environmental assessment.

    If a proposal or action is not one that normally requires an 
environmental impact statement, and does not qualify for categorical 
exclusion, PADC will prepare or have prepared an environmental 
assessment.
    (a) Criteria. Criteria used to determine those categories of action 
that normally require an environmental assessment, but not necessarily 
an environmental impact statement, include:
    (1) Potential for minor degradation of environmental quality;
    (2) Potential for cumulative impact on environmental quality; and
    (3) Potential for impact on protected resources.
    (b) Categories of action. The following categories of action 
normally require

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the preparation of an environmental assessment.
    (1) Amendments to the Plan that do not constitute a ``substantial 
change'' to the Plan.
    (2) Regulations promulgated by the Corporation that have significant 
environmental impact on the public or persons residing in the 
development area including businesses.
    (3) Development proposals submitted to the Corporation by private 
developers that are consistent with the Plan and General Guidelines 
prepared by the Corporation.
    (4) Activities related to the Public Improvements Program of the 
Corporation for which no previous environmental assessment or EIS has 
been prepared.
    (5) Contracts, work authorizations, and master agreements related to 
and implementing programs, policies, and proposals not categorically 
excluded and for which no environmental assessments or for which no 
environmental assessment and EIS have been previously prepared.
    (6) Street closures and other rearrangements of public space which 
were not covered in the Plan or the Final EIS.
    (7) Acquisition/disposal of personal property by the Corporation not 
related to any specific decision, plan, or program adopted by the Board 
of Directors of the Corporation for which an environmental assessment or 
an environmental assessment and an EIS is required to be prepared.
    (8) Proposed construction of any public building within the 
development area by any executive agency of the United States 
Government, any agency or department of the District of Columbia 
Government, or any other public or quasi-public entity.