; and (2) complete an environmental assessment pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332(2) ) for the proposed covered active management project. (b) No alternative version The Secretary is not required to study, develop, or describe any alternative to the proposed agency action. (c) Cumulative effects The Secretary shall consider cumulative effects solely by evaluating the impacts of a proposed covered active management project combined with the impacts of any other projects that were approved with a Decision Notice or Record of Decision before the date on which the Secretary published notice of the proposed covered project. The cumulative effects of past projects may be considered in the environmental assessment by using a description of the current environmental conditions. (d) Treatment of decision notice The decision notice for a covered active management project shall be considered a final agency action and no additional analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) shall be required to implement any portion of the covered project. (e) Categorical exclusion (1) Application of categorical exclusion A covered active management project described in paragraph (2) is categorically excluded from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.). (2) Description of covered active management projects The categorical exclusion granted by paragraph (1) applies with respect to a covered active management project that— (A) is prepared using a collaborative process