Sec. 1.1306  Actions which are categorically excluded from environmental 
          processing.

    (a) Except as provided in Sec. 1.1307 (c) and (d), Commission 
actions not covered by Sec. 1.1307 (a) and (b) are deemed individually 
and cumulatively to have no significant effect on the quality of the 
human environment and are categorically excluded from environmental 
processing.
    (b) Specifically, any Commission action with respect to any new 
application, or minor or major modifications of existing or authorized 
facilities or equipment, will be categorically excluded, provided such 
proposals do not:
    (1) Involve a site location specified under Sec. 1.1307(a) (1)-(7), 
or
    (2) Involve high intensity lighting under Sec. 1.1307(a)(8).
    (3) Result in human exposure to radiofrequency radiation in excess 
of the applicable safety standards specified in Sec. 1.1307(b).

    Note 1: The provisions of Sec. 1.1307(a) of this part requiring the 
preparation of EAs do not encompass the mounting of antenna(s) on an 
existing building or antenna tower unless Sec. 1.1307(a)(4) of this part 
is applicable. Such antennas are subject to Sec. 1.1307(b) of this part 
and require EAs if their construction would result in human exposure to 
radiofrequency radiation in excess of the applicable health and safety 
guidelines cited in Sec. 1.1307(b) of this part. The provisions of 
Sec. 1.1307 (a) and (b) of this part do not encompass the installation 
of aerial wire or cable over existing aerial corridors of prior or 
permitted use or the underground installation of wire or cable along 
existing underground corridors of prior or permitted use, established by 
the applicant or others. The use of existing buildings, towers or 
corridors is an environmentally desirable alternative to the 
construction of new facilities and is encouraged.
    Note 2: The specific height of an antenna tower or supporting 
structure, as well as the specific diameter of a satellite earth 
station, in and of itself, will not be deemed sufficient to warrant 
environmental processing, see Secs. 1.1307 and 1.1308.
    Note 3: The construction of an antenna tower or supporting structure 
in an established ``antenna farm'': (i.e., an area in which similar 
antenna towers are clustered, whether or not such area has been 
officially designated as an antenna farm), will be categorically 
excluded unless one or more of the antennas to be mounted on the tower 
or structure are subject to the provisions of Sec. 1.1307(b) and the 
additional radiofrequency radiation from the antenna(s) on the new tower 
or structure would cause human exposure in excess of the applicable 
health and safety guidelines cited in Sec. 1.1307(b).

[51 1997 FR 15000 , Apr. 22, 1986, as amended at  51 FR 18889 , May 23, 1986;  53 FR 28393 , July 28, 1988;  56 FR 13414 , Apr. 2, 1991]

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