Today the White House Council on Environmental Quality released the revised National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations. This final ruling is to amend certain provisions of its regulations for implementing the NEPA, addressing the purpose and need of a proposed action, agency NEPA procedures for implementing CEQ’s NEPA regulations, and the definition of “effects.” The amendments generally restore provisions that were in effect for decades before being modified in 2020.
The final ruling can be accessed on the federal registry.
