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58. Installation of devices to protect human or animal life, (e.g., raptor electrocution prevention
devices, fencing to restrict wildlife movement onto airfields, and fencing and grating to
prevent accidental entry to hazardous areas).
59. Reintroduction of endemic or native species (other than federal endangered or threatened
species) into their historic habitat when no substantial site preparation/renovation is
involved.
60. Temporary closure of public access to federally-owned property in order to protect human
or animal life or due to operational security needs.
61. Actions similar in type, intensity and setting (including physical location and, where
pertinent, time of year) to other actions for which it has been determined, in a prior EA,
EIS, or Federal consistency determination that there were no significant impacts to a land
use, water use, or natural resource of the coastal zone.
62. Coast Guard participation in disaster relief efforts under the guidance or leadership of
another Federal agency that has taken responsibility for NEPA compliance.
63. Preparation, issuance, or modification of federal agency regulations, directives,
administrative procedures, manua ls, plans, and other documents that implement, without
substantive change, applicable federal agency policy or guidance.
64. Continuation or resumption of pre-existing actions where there is no substantive change in
existing conditions or an existing land use, water use, or natural resource of the coastal zone
and where the actions were originally evaluated in accordance with applicable law and
regulation and surrounding circumstances have not changed.
65. Converting in- house services to contract services.
66. Undertaking specific activities to support remedial actions for purposes of cleanup of
hazardous substance releases, hazardous waste sites or contaminated water or soils (e.g.,
sampling, installation of test monitoring wells).
67. Operating, modifying, and routinely repairing and replacing airfield and port facility
operational equipment (e.g., runway visual range equipment, visual glide path systems, and
remote transmitter and receiver facilities) at federally-owned airfields and at port facilities.
68. Actions that implement a foreign affairs function of the United States.
69. Immediate responses to operational threats to national security or Department of Defense or
Department of Transportation military or civilian personnel, facilit ies, or property in
accordance with approved Department of Defense Anti- Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP)
or similar DOT response measures, plans, or procedures. Long term proposed AT/FP
actions or development projects in or affecting the coastal zone should be evaluated
separately.
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