On October 7, 2021, the Council on Environmental Quality published a notice of proposed rulemaking to reverse several key changes made under the Trump administration to CEQ’s National Environmental Policy Act NEPA implementing regulations.
The White House Council on Environmental Quality released its notice of proposed rulemaking for revising its implementing regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA
The White House on Wednesday took the first step to restore federal regulations guiding environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects like highways and pipelines that were scaled back by the Trump administration that sought to fast-track them. The White House Council for Environmental Quality said it will restore key provisions of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations that had been in place before the Trump administration overhauled the rules last year, the first time in decades. The new rule proposed by the White House council would direct the agency to account for climate change and other indirect environmental impacts of a project; empower federal agencies to consider alternative designs or approaches for a company's proposed projects and let agencies adopt reviews that go beyond council's regulations.
The White House on Wednesday took the first step to restore federal regulations guiding environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects like highways and pipelines that were scaled back by the Trump administration that sought to fast-track them. The White House Council for Environmental Quality said it will restore key provisions of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations that had been in place before the Trump administration overhauled the rules last year, the first time in decades. The new rule proposed by the White House council would direct the agency to account for climate change and other indirect environmental impacts of a project; empower federal agencies to consider alternative designs or approaches for a company's proposed projects and let agencies adopt reviews that go beyond council's regulations.
The White House CEQ is initiating a rulemaking to restore three important procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA that apply to environmental reviews for federal projects, including those of private developers requiring federal permits.