Seaway Borrows TVA's Environmental Review Fast-Pass
Published Date: 8/3/2026
Notice
Summary
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) is adopting the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA's) siting, construction, and use of buildings and associated infrastructure Categorical Exclusion (CE) under the National Environmental Policy Act to use in GLS construction projects. This notice identifies TVA's categorical exclusions, describes the categories of proposed actions for which GLS intends to use TVA's CE, the consultation between the agencies, and announces GLS has adopted them for the agency's use pursuant to Section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act.
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