B08(e)_-_Attachment_4_-_PEPC_81122_CE_Hazard_Tree_SOP.pdf

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

Prince William Forest Park Date: 06/23/2020

Categorical Exclusion Documentation Form (CE Form)

Project: Hazard Tree SOP PEPC Project Number: 81122 Description of Action (Project Description):

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) establishes procedures for identification and removal of trees that are deemed hazardous and place people or property at risk of injury. A hazardous tree is defined as one which has a structural defect that predisposes it to failure and as such puts people or property at risk of injury.

Project Locations:

Location 1 County: Prince William State: VA

Location 2 County: Stafford State: VA

CE Citation: C.3 Routine maintenance and repairs to non-historic structures, facilities, utilities, grounds and trails.

Decision: I find that the action fits within the categorical exclusion above. Therefore, I am categorically excluding the described project from further NEPA analysis. No extraordinary circumstances apply.

Signature

Superintendent: Date:

Tanya Gossett

Extraordinary Circumstances:

If implemented, would the proposal... Yes/No Notes A. Have significant impacts on public health or safety? Yes Will improve safety of park visitors and employees

B. Have significant impacts on such natural resources and unique geographic characteristics as historic or cultural resources; park, recreation, or refuge lands;

wilderness areas; wild or scenic rivers; national natural landmarks; sole or principal drinking water aquifers; prime farmlands; wetlands (Executive Order 11990);

floodplains (Executive Order 11988); national monuments; migratory birds; and other ecologically significant or critical areas?

No

C. Have highly controversial environmental effects or involve unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of available resources (NEPA section 102(2)(E))?

D. Have highly uncertain and potentially significant environmental effects or involve unique or unknown environmental risks?

E. Establish a precedent for future action or represent a decision in principle about future actions with potentially significant environmental effects?

F. Have a direct relationship to other actions with individually insignificant, but cumulatively significant, environmental effects?

G. Have significant impacts on properties listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, as determined by either the bureau or office?

H. Have significant impacts on species listed or proposed to be listed on the List of Endangered or Threatened Species, or have significant impacts on designated Critical Habitat for these species?

I. Violate a federal, state, local or tribal law or requirement imposed for the protection of the environment?

J. Have a disproportionately high and adverse effect on low income or minority populations (EO 12898)?

K. Limit access to and ceremonial use of Indian sacred sites on federal lands by Indian religious practitioners or adversely affect the physical integrity of such sacred sites

(EO 130007)?

L. Contribute to the introduction, continued existence, or spread of noxious weeds or non-native invasive species known to occur in the area or actions that may promote the introduction, growth, or expansion of the range of such species (Federal Noxious Weed Control Act and Executive Order 13112)?