Sec. 20204. Non-major Federal actions
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An action by the Secretary concerned with respect to a covered activity shall be not considered a major Federal action under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C) ). In this section, the term covered activity includes— geotechnical investigations; off-road travel in an existing right-of-way; construction of meteorological towers where the total surface disturbance at the location is less than 5 acres; adding a battery or other energy storage device to an existing or planned energy facility, if that storage resource is located within the physical footprint of the existing or planned energy facility; drilling temperature gradient wells and other geothermal exploratory wells, including construction or making improvements for such activities, where— the last cemented casing string is less than 12 inches in diameter; and the total unreclaimed surface disturbance at any one time within the project area is less than 5 acres; any repair, maintenance, upgrade, optimization, or minor addition to existing transmission and distribution infrastructure, including— operation, maintenance, or repair of power equipment and structures within existing substations, switching stations, transmission, and distribution lines; the addition, modification, retirement, or replacement of breakers, transmission towers, transformers, bushings, or relays; the voltage uprating, modification, reconductoring with conventional or advanced conductors, and clearance resolution of transmission lines; activities to minimize fire risk, including vegetation management, routine fire mitigation, inspection, and maintenance activities, and removal of hazard trees and other hazard vegetation within or adjacent to an existing right-of-way; improvements to or construction of structure pads for such infrastructure; and access and access route maintenance and repairs associated with any activity described in subparagraph
(A)through (E); approval of and activities conducted in accordance with operating plans or agreements for transmission and distribution facilities or under a special use authorization for an electric transmission and distribution facility right-of-way; and construction, maintenance, realignment, or repair of an existing permanent or temporary access road— within an existing right-of-way or within a transmission or utility corridor established by Congress or in a land use plan; that serves an existing transmission line, distribution line, or energy facility; or activities conducted in accordance with existing onshore oil and gas leases.
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