The following actions are exempt from the Town environmental quality review, provided that all requirements contained herein have met with compliance:
A. 
Actions involving federal participation. Where there has duly been prepared, under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, both a draft environmental impact statement and a final environmental impact statement for an action under consideration, the Town shall have no obligation to prepare an environmental impact statement or make findings under this law with respect to the action so long as the environmental impact statements either contain or are supplemented by the items concerning growth-inducing aspects and energy use and conservation as described in § 35-18C(7) and (8) of this chapter.
B. 
Exempt actions. The following actions are exempt from the Town of Chenango Environmental Quality Review Law pursuant to Part 617.13 of the official compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York (NYCRR):
(1) 
Enforcement or criminal proceedings or exercise of prosecutorial discretion in determining whether or not to institute such proceedings.
(2) 
Ministerial actions.
(3) 
Maintenance or repair involving no substantial changes in existing structure or facility.
(4) 
Actions requiring a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need under Articles VII and VIII of the New York State Public Service Law and consideration, grant or denial of any such certificate.
(5) 
Actions undertaken or approved prior to June 1, 1977, for local agencies and September 1, 1977, for applicants. An action shall be deemed to be undertaken or approved prior to the respective above date if, in the case of construction activities, a contract for substantial construction activities has been entered into or if a continuous program of on-site construction or modification has been engaged in.
(6) 
Actions which are immediately necessary on a limited emergency basis for the protection or preservation of life, health, property or natural resources.
(7) 
Actions of the Legislature of the State of New York or of any court of law.
C. 
Type II actions. Type II actions, as listed in Article XI, are exempt from this chapter.