Notice of Adoptions of a Categorical Exclusion Under Section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act

The U.S. Department of the Interior (Department) is notifying the public and documenting the adoption of a National Park Service (NPS) categorical exclusion (CE) for invasive species management by seven other Department bureaus or offices (adopting bureaus). NPS and the adopting bureaus manage or provide funding to manage invasive species, which the NPS CE facilitates. These adopting bureaus are: the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Office of Insular Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. In accordance with section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act, this notice identifies the types of actions to which the adopting bureaus will apply the CE; the considerations that the adopting bureaus will use in determining the applicability of the CE; the consultation between and among the Department, the adopting bureaus, and NPS on the use of the CE; and the application of extraordinary circumstances.