Appendix A to Subpart 1216.3 of Part 1216 - Acronyms and Definitions
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Appendix A to Subpart 1216.3 of Part 1216 - Acronyms and
Definitions CatEx Categorical Exclusion CEQ Council on
Environmental Quality CFR Code of Federal Regulations CWA Clean
Water Act CZMA Coastal Zone Management Act DoI (U.S.) Department of
the Interior EA Environmental Assessment EMD Environmental
Management Division EIS Environmental Impact Statement FONSI
Finding of No Significant Impact FR Federal Register GSA General
Services Administration NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NHPA
National Historic Preservation Act SEO Senior Environmental
Official OGC Office of the General Counsel PPO Planetary Protection
Office REC Record of Environmental Consideration ROD Record of
Decision U.S.C. United States Code Definitions 1. A2 Mission
Multiple - The A2 Mission Multiple is a calculated value based on
the total amount of radioactive material being launched. This value
is used in defining the level of review and approval required for
launch. 2. Earth Return Mission (also known as a Sample Return) - A
subcategory of missions that would collect extraterrestrial
materials from solar system bodies and return them to Earth. 3.
NASA Senior Environmental Official - The Senior NASA Headquarters
Official responsible for providing executive and functional
leadership for environmental compliance. As of January 1, 2011, the
SEO is the Assistant Administrator for Strategic Infrastructure. 4.
Record of Environmental Consideration - A brief document that is
used to describe a proposed action, identify the applicable
categorical exclusion, and explain why further environmental
analysis is not required. 5. Restricted Earth Return - A
subcategory of Earth Return Missions which requires additional
measures to ensure that any potential indigenous life form would be
contained so that it could not impact humans or Earth's
environment. 6. Space Flight Projects/Programs - Those NASA actions
that develop products intended for use in space and/or that support
ground and space operations for products in space. 7. Unrestricted
Earth Return - NASA Procedural Requirements define this as a
subcategory of Earth Return Missions that would collect
extraterrestrial materials from solar system bodies (deemed by
scientific opinion to have no indigenous life forms) and return
those samples to Earth. No planetary protection measures are
required for the inbound (return to Earth) phase of the mission.