[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: 36CFR907.16]

[Page 185-186]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
         CHAPTER IX--PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
 
PART 907--ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 907.16  Actions where lead Agency designation is necessary.

    (a) Consistent with CEQ Regulations, Sec. 1501.5, where a proposed 
action by the Corporation involves one or more other

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Federal agencies, or where a group of actions by the Corporation and one 
or more other Federal agencies are directly related to each other 
because of their functional interdependence or geographical proximity, 
the Corporation will seek designation as lead agency for those actions 
that directly relate to implementation of the Plan and those actions 
that relate solely to the Development Area.
    (b) For an action that qualifies as one for which the Corporation 
will seek designation as lead agency, the Corporation will promptly 
consult with the appropriate Federal agencies such as the National 
Capital Planning Commission, the Department of the Interior, and the 
General Services Administration to establish lead agency and cooperating 
agency designations.

                         Appendix A to Part 907

    (a) Specific Corporation actions categorically excluded from the 
requirements for environmental assessment and an EIS are:
    (i) Personnel actions;
    (ii) Administrative actions and operations directly related to the 
operation of the Corporation (e.g., purchase of furnishings, services, 
and space acquisition for the Corporation offices);
    (iii) Property management actions related to routine maintenance, 
operation, upkeep, etc., of real property owned by the Corporation;
    (iv) Review of permit applications relating to minor development 
activities in the Development Area (sign approval, interior renovations, 
minor exterior changes to facade, etc.);
    (v) Promulgation of development general and square guidelines that 
implement the Plan as covered by the Final EIS;
    (vi) Contracts, work authorizations, procurement actions directly 
related to and implementing proposals, programs, and master agreements 
for which an environmental assessment or an environmental assessment and 
an EIS have been prepared, or which are related to administrative 
operation of the agency;
    (vii) Acquisition/disposal by lease, easement, or sale of real and 
personal property owned by the Corporation subsequent to and 
implementing a prior decision of the Board of Directors for which an 
environmental assessment or an assessment and an EIS were prepared;
    (viii) Activities directly related to and implementing the Public 
Improvements Program of the Corporation approved by the Board of 
Directors, and which are covered by a previously prepared environmental 
assessment or an environmental assessment and an EIS;
    (ix) Demolition actions preparatory for development by the 
Corporation, other public agencies, or private developers subsequent to 
approval of development proposals made by the Board of Directors;
    (x) Development proposal identical to the requirements of the Plan 
and which was included in an EIS previously prepared.
    (b) An action which falls into one of the above categories may still 
require the preparation of an EIS or environmental assessment if the 
designated corporation official determines it meets the criteria stated 
in Sec. 907.8(a) or involves extraordinary circumstances that may have a 
significant environmental effect.