40 CFR § 6.405 - Exemptions and considerations.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s6.405"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 6.405 - Exemptions and considerations."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "6.405"
section_name: "Exemptions and considerations."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "6"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT AND ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ABROAD OF EPA ACTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 4321 also 40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 53662, Sept. 19, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "6"
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# 6.405 Exemptions and considerations.
Under section 2-5 (b) and (c) of the Executive Order, Federal agencies may provide for modifications in the contents, timing and availability of documents or exemptions from certain requirements for the environmental review and assessment. The responsible official, in consultation with the Director, Office of Federal Activities (OFA), and the Assistant Administrator, Office of International Affairs (OIA), may approve modifications for situations described in section 2-5(b). The responsible official, in consultation with the Director, OFA and Assistant Administrator, OIA, shall obtain exemptions from the Administrator for situations described in section 2-5(c). The Department of State and the Council on Environmental Quality shall be consulted as soon as possible on the utilization of such exemptions.