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Energy

 


 

Forest Service Guidance on Energy Policy Act Sec. 390 -- Categorical Exclusions for Oil and Gas Activities


Letter of November 22, 2005: Guidance on the five categories of exclusion under the Act.

Letter of March 13, 2006: Clarification and applicability of "rebuttable presumption" and supplemental guidance. 

Supplemental Guidance, March 13, 2006: Application and use of NEPA, appeal regulations, and Forest Service manual guidance.

 

 

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