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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 11.01.08.07" title_num="11" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="08" heading="Unaffected Projects.">
  <text>The following types of capital improvements are not subject to the reporting requirements of these procedures either because they do not significantly affect the environment or because they are not the subject of “proposed State action” that is, there is no specific request for legislative appropriation or other legislative action for the improvements:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Installation, modification, or renewal of navigational, traffic control, and safety equipment such as signing, signalization, lighting, fencing, freeway surveillance and control systems, railroad protective devices, roadway grooving, glare screens, safety barriers, and energy attenuators;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Interior or exterior renovation of transportation facilities which does not significantly increase capacity;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Overlay or resurfacing of existing taxiway, runway, ramp, roadway, and parking lot surfaces;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Modernization and improvement of existing highways by resurfacing, reconstruction of roadbeds, widening less than single lane width, adding shoulders, adding auxiliary lanes for localized purposes, correcting substandard curves and intersections, spot improvements, drainage improvements, erosion control, and channelizations;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Addition of scenic lands, rest areas, and scenic overlooks without sewage discharge;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Junkyard and outdoor advertising control projects;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Traffic noise attenuation projects;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Reconstruction of grade separations;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Approval of utility installations along or across a transportation facility;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Construction of bicycle and pedestrian lanes, paths, and facilities;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Improvements to existing rest areas and truck weigh stations;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>Ride-sharing activities;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>Alterations to facilities or vehicles to make them accessible for elderly and handicapped persons;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="N.">
    <text>Bridge redecking, resurfacing, and minor rehabilitation (superstructive only); and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="O.">
    <text>Modification, upgrading, repair, or retrofitting of existing stormwater management facilities or the retrofit construction of new facilities when not done in conjunction with another transportation project.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>