A statutory exemption applies to any given project that falls under its definition, regardless of the project's potential impacts to the environment.

What does exemption mean in court?

n. EXEMPTION. ... A privilege which dispenses with the general rule; for example, in Pennsylvania, and perhaps in all the other states, clergymen are exempt from serving on juries. Exemptions are generally allowed, not for the benefit of the individual, but for some public advantage.

What does the word exempt mean in law?

Legal Definition of exempt

: to release or exclude from some liability (as in taxation), obligation, or duty to which others are subject exempts the income of a spendthrift trust— W. M.