Categorical Exclusion for a Proposed Rule to Revise Pollock Trip Limit Regulations in the Gulf of Alaska
September 29, 2008
NAO 216-6, Environmental Review Procedures, requires all proposed agency actions to be reviewed with respect to potential impacts on the human environment.
This memorandum summarizes the determination that a Proposed Rule to revise Pollock trip limit regulations in the Gulf of Alaska qualifies to be categorically excluded from further National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review.
As defined in Section 5.05 and sections 6.01, 6.02, and 6.03, of NAO 216-6, the proposed rule to revise pollock trip limit regulations was found to not result in any changes to the human environment. Specifically, the proposed action qualifies for a Categorical Exclusion under Section 6.03d.4 of NAO 216-6, because the action is an ongoing or recurring fisheries actions of a routine administrative nature when the action will not have any impacts that have not already been assessed in the November 2001, SEIS for Steller sea lion protection measures.