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DOT/FHWA RIN: 2125-AF59 Publication ID: Spring 2014 
Title: Additional Categorical Exclusions Under NEPA (MAP-21) 
Abstract: Under MAP-21, section 1318, the Department of Transportation was mandated to survey categorical exclusions (CE) use on transportation projects since 2005, and to solicit requests from transit agencies and State departments of transportation for new CEs. This rulemaking pertains to the new categorical exclusions; FHWA and FTA are proposing to add CEs to its environmental regulations (23 CFR 771) in order to comply with MAP-21, as well as to improve the efficiency of the environmental review process. The additional CEs make the least intensive form of review available for those actions that typically do not have the potential for significant environmental effects, and, therefore, do not merit additional analysis and documentation associated with an environmental assessment (EA) or an environmental impact statement (EIS). This provision also allows for the transfer of some existing CEs from subsection (d) of 23 CFR 771.117 to subsection (c) of that section. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 23 CFR 771   
Legal Authority: sec 1318 PL 112-141 (126 Stat 405)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Statutory  MAP-21 section 1318 requires the publication of an NPRM within 120 days of the effective date of MAP-21.  01/29/2013 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  09/19/2013  78 FR 57587   
NPRM Comment Period End  11/18/2013  78 FR 57587   
Final Rule  09/00/2014 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov   Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Related RINs: Duplicate of 2132-AB14  Related Agencies: Joint: DOT/FTA; 
Agency Contact:
Owen Lindauer
Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202-366-2655
Email: Owen.Lindauer@dot.gov