(1) physical activities such as construction or other activities which change the use or appearance of any natural resource or structure;

(2) funding activities such as the proposing, approval or disapproval of contracts, grants, subsidies, loans, tax abatements or exemptions or other forms of direct or indirect financial assistance;

(3) licensing activities such as the proposing, approval or disapproval of a lease, permit, license, certificate or other entitlement for use or permission to act;

(4) planning activities such as site selection for other activities and the proposing, approval or disapproval of master or long-range plans, zoning or other land use maps, ordinances or regulations, development plans or other plans designed to provide a program for future activities; and

(5) policymaking activities such as making, modification or establishment of rules, regulations, procedures, policies and guidelines.

(1) maintenance, repair, and/or rehabilitation processes involving no substantial changes in existing roads, trails, structures, and facilities;

(2) except as set forth in section 314.9 of this Part actions undertaken or approved prior to the date(s) specified in article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law. An action shall be deemed to be undertaken or approved prior to such date(s) 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, and/or natural resource and environmental management has been engaged in, including protection measures against fires, insects, and disease, and the implementation of recognized silvicultural practices in such natural resource and environmental management endeavors, or if, in the case of an action involving Federal participation, either a draft environmental impact statement or a negative declaration has been duly prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. For the purpose of this Part, construction activities at the emerging campuses at the State University of New York at Buffalo (Amherst), the State University College at Purchase, the State University College at Old Westbury, the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the Health Sciences Center of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and for the Central Administration of the State University of New York shall be “continuous program”;

(3) actions which are immediately necessary on a limited emergency basis for the protection or preservation of life, health, property or natural resources or the environment;

(4) actions of the Legislature of the State of New York or of any court;

(5) with respect to the requirements of subdivision 2 of section 8-0109 of article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law, actions subject to the jurisdiction of the Adirondack Park Agency pursuant to section 809 of the Executive Law including actions of the Adirondack Park Agency thereunder; and actions subject to the jurisdiction of local governments pursuant to section 808 of the Executive Law and actions of such local governments pursuant thereto; and

(6) ministerial actions, i.e., actions performed upon a given state of facts in a prescribed manner imposed by law without the exercise of any judgment or discretion as to the propriety of the action, although such law may require, in some degree, a construction of its language or intent.