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Memorandum To: Official Grant File
From: Alan Spanbauer, Program Manager
Subject: Categorical Exclusion for City of Miami
The recipient agrees to comply with all Federal, State, and local environmental laws and regulations
applicable to the development and implementation of the activities to be funded under this award.
Categorical Exclusions: Based upon the information provided by the recipient in its application for these
funds, NIJ has determined and the recipient understands that the proposed activities meet the definition of
a categorical exclusion, as defined in the Department of Justice' Procedures for Implementing the
National Environmental Policy Act found at 28 CFR Part 61. A categorical exclusion is an action that
because of the proposed activities' very limited and predictable potential environmental impacts, both on
an individual and a cumulative basis, does not have a significant impact on the quality of the human
environment. Consequently, no further environmental impact analysis is necessary under the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321, for these categorically excluded
activities.
Modifications: Throughout the term of this award, the recipient agrees that for any activities that are the
subject of this categorical exclusion, it will inform NIJ of any change(s) that it is considering making to
the previously assessed activities that may be relevant to the environmental impacts of the activities. The
recipient will not implement a proposed change until NIJ, with the assistance of the recipient, has
completed any applicable environmental impact review requirements necessitated by the proposed
change and NIJ has concurred in the proposed change. This approval will not be unreasonably withheld
as long as any requested modification(s) is consistent with eligible program purposes and found
acceptable under an NIJ conducted environmental impact review process.