[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1216.302]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1216_ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart 1216.3_Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental 
                            Policy Act (NEPA)
 
Sec.  1216.302  Definition of key terms.

    The definitions contained within part 1508, Terminology and Index, 
CEQ Regulations, 43 FR 55978, apply to subpart 1216.3. Additional 
definitions, necessary for the purpose of this subpart, are as follows:
    (a) Budget line items. The individual items in the annual NASA 
authorization legislation which are used here to classify the range of 
NASA actions. The four main budget line items are:
    (1) Research and Development (R&D). Those activities directed 
towards attaining the objectives of a specific mission, project, or 
program. All NASA's aeronautics and space program elements are 
categorized within the R&D program categories. R&D funds are expended 
chiefly for contracted research and development and for research grants. 
Some R&D funds are also expended in support of in-house research (e.g., 
equipment purchases and other research support, but not civil service 
salaries).
    (2) Research and Program Management (R&PM). Those activities 
directed towards the general support of the NASA institution charged 
with the conduct of the aeronautics and space program. R&PM funds are 
expended for the NASA civil service work force (both for performing in-
house R&D and for planning, managing, and supporting contractor and 
grantee R&D), and for other general supporting functions.
    (3) Construction of Facilities (C of F). Those activities directed 
towards construction of new facilities; repair, rehabilitation, and 
modification of existing facilities; acquisition of related facility 
equipment; design of facilities projects; and advance planning related 
to future facilities needs.
    (4) Space Flight, Control and Data Communications (SFCDC). Has 
similar scope to R&D but covers activities which are primarily of a 
production and operational nature related to space flight. The content 
includes the national fleet of Space Shuttle orbiters, including main 
engines, launch site and mission operations, initial spares, production 
tooling and supporting activities, launch operations and tracking and 
data acquisition.
    (b) Construction of facilities project. The consolidation of 
applicable specific individual types of facility work, including related 
collateral equipment, which is required to fully reflect all of the 
needs, generally relating to one facility, which have been or may be 
generated by the same set of events or circumstances which are required 
to be accomplished at one time in order to provide for the planned 
initial operational use of the facility or a discrete portion thereof. 
Facility projects are subject to the NASA decision processes of Sec.  
1216.304.
    (c) Environmental analysis. The analysis of the environmental 
effects of proposed actions, including alternative proposals. The 
analyses are carried out from the very earliest of planning studies for 
the action in question, and are the materials from which the more formal 
environmental assessments, environmental impact statements, and public 
record of decisions are made.
    (d) Institutional action. An action to establish, change, or 
terminate an aspect of the NASA institution, defined as the total NASA 
resource (plant, employees, skills).
    (e) R&D project. A discrete research and development activity, with 
a scheduled beginning and ending, which normally involves one of the 
following primary purposes:

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    (1) The design, development, and demonstration of major advanced 
technology hardware items;
    (2) The design, construction, and operation of a new launch vehicle 
(and associated ground support) during its research and development 
phase; and
    (3) The construction and operation of one or more aeronautics or 
space vehicles (and necessary ground support) in order to accomplish a 
scientific or technical objective. R&D projects are each subelements in 
the NASA R&D budget line item. R&D projects are subject to the decision 
processes of Sec.  1216.304.
    (f) SFCDC project. R&D type projects authorized under the SFCDC 
budget line item.

[44 FR 44485, July 30, 1979, as amended at 53 FR 9761, Mar. 25, 1988]