Categorical Exclusion (CX) Determinations

Berkeley Site Office Categorical Exclusion (CX) Determinations

Determination Date Name of Action: Description Categorical Exclusion Number
5/30/2018 LB-CX-18-02 ALS-U Installation and Operation at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory B1.6, B1.7, B1.23, B1.31, B2.5, B3.6, B3.10
5/17/2018 LB-CX-18-03 ESnet6 Project, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory B1.7, B1.31, B4.7, B4.12
5/18/2018 LB-CX-18-05 ESnet Lease Modification at 201 W. Springfield Ave, Champaign, Illinois A2, B1.24, B3.6
5/16/2018 Lease and Operation of Greenhouses at UC Davis for the Joint BioEnergy Institute, Ammendment No. 3, LB-CX-18-06 A2, B1.24, B3.6
4/24/2018 5th Amendment to lease and operation of Joint BioEnergy Institute (LB-CX-18-04) B1:24, B3.6, A2
4/10/2018 Construction and Operation of the B77A Addition at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LB-CX-18-01) B1.15, B1.31, B2.5
2/26/2017 NEPA Categorical Exclusion: Construction and Operation of the Grizzly Peak Station A0 at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LB_CX-17-02) B1.31; B4.11; B1.17
4/26/2017 NEPA Categorical Exclusion: Bayview Institutional Utilities Improvement Project at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LB-CX-17-03) B1.33; B2.3; B4.7; B5.5; B6.1
10/25/2016 NEPA Categorical Exclusion: Facility Study to Assess Impacts on Increasing the Interconnection Capacity from 26 to 70 MW for LBNL (LB-CX-17-01) A9
9/1/2016 5th Amendment to Joint Genome Lease Agreement for Lawrence Walnut Creek Laboratory - LB-CX-16-02 B1.24
* Implicit in CX determinations are the following:
  1. There are no extraordinary circumstances related to the proposed action that may affect the significance of the environmental effects of the proposed action.
  2. The proposed action is not “connected” to other actions with potentially significant impacts.
  3. The proposed action is not related to other proposed actions with cumulatively significant impacts.
  4. The proposed action is not precluded by 40 CFR 1506.1 or 10 CFR 1021.211.
  5. For CX determinations made prior to November 14, 2011, CX number definitions can be found at: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/nepapub/nepa_documents/RedDont/CXR-10CFRPart1021-Changes.pdf