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The purpose of a Categorical Exclusion(CATEX) is to streamline the environmental review process for actions that donot individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the humanenvironment. CATEX allows federal agencies to exclude certain categories of actions from therequirement to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) or Environmental ImpactStatement (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). It helps in efficiently managingroutine or low-risk projects by providing a predetermined exclusion from themore detailed environmental review processes, allowing agencies to makeinformed decisions while still considering environmental factors. CATEXprovides a form of compliance with NEPA for actions that do not require adetailed NEPA review, saving time and resources while ensuring regulatorycompliance.
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