Appendix A to Part 775—Administrative and Routine Actions Excepted From NEPA Review
Table of Contents A1 Routine Postal Service Policy Development A2 Routine Postal Service Actions A3 Personnel Actions A4 Awards of Certain Contracts A5 Clarifying or Administrative Contract Actions A6 Research, Studies, and Data Collection A7 Education and Training A8 Procedural Documents A9 Postal and Mail Actions A10 Legal Activities A11 Trade Representation and Market Development A12 Emergency Preparedness A13 Equipment Procurement or Disposal A14 Disposal of Routinely Generated Wastes A15 Waste Minimization Operations A16 Procedural Rulemakings and Interpretations and Rulings With Existing Regulations A17 International Postal Agreements A18 Approval of Technical Exchange Arrangements A1 Routine Postal Service Policy DevelopmentPolicy development, planning and implementation that relate to routine activities such as personnel, organizational changes or similar administrative functions.
A2 Routine Postal Service ActionsRoutine actions, including the management of programs or activities necessary to support the normal conduct of agency business, such as administrative, financial, operational and personnel action that involve no commitment of resources other than manpower and funding allocations.
A3 Personnel ActionsReduction in force resulting from workload adjustments, reduced personnel or funding levels, skill imbalances or other similar causes that do not affect more than 1,000 positions.
A4 Awards of Certain ContractsAward of contracts for technical support services, management and operation of a government owned facility, and personal services.
A5 Clarifying or Administrative Contract ActionsContract interpretations, amendments, and modifications that are clarifying or administrative in nature.
A6 Research, Studies, and Data CollectionResearch activities and studies and routine data collection when such actions are clearly limited in context and intensity.
A7 Education and TrainingEducational and informational programs and activities.
A8 Procedural DocumentsAdministrative, organizational, or procedural Policies, Orders, Notices, Manuals, and Guides.
A9 Postal and Mail ActionsPostal rate or mail classification actions, address information system changes, post office name and zip code changes.
A10 Legal ActivitiesProperty protection, law enforcement and other legal activities undertaken by the Postal Inspection Service, the Law Department, the Judicial Officer, and the Inspector General.
A11 Trade Representation and Market DevelopmentActivities related to trade representation and market development activities.
A12 Emergency PreparednessEmergency preparedness planning activities, including designation of on-site evacuation routes.
A13 Equipment Procurement or DisposalProcurement or disposal of mail handling or transport equipment.
A14 Disposal of Routinely Generated WastesDisposal of routinely generated wastes, including equipment, in compliance with Federal, State, and local laws.
A15 Waste Minimization OperationsOperational changes at an existing facility to minimize waste generation and for reuse of materials. These changes include but are not limited to, adding filtration and recycling systems to allow reuse of vehicle or machine oil, setting up sorting areas to improve process efficiency, and segregating waste streams previously mingled and assigning new identification codes to the two resulting streams.
A16 Procedural Rulemakings and Interpretations and Rulings With Existing RegulationsRulemakings that are strictly procedural, and interpretations and rulings with existing regulations, or modifications or rescissions of such interpretations and rulings.
A17 International Postal AgreementsApproval of Postal Service participation in international postal agreements that would not commit the Postal Service to any specific projects or activities.
A18 Approval of Technical Exchange ArrangementsApproval of technical exchange arrangements for information, data, or personnel with other countries or international organizations.