🌎Business Implications of NEPA Regulation Removal
This document corrects the words of issuance in the interim final rule published by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in the Federal Register of February 25, 2025, regarding the removal of CEQ's regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act from the Code of Federal Regulations.
Learn More🌎CEQ Proposes Removal of NEPA Implementing Regulations
This interim final rule removes the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations. In addition, this interim final rule requests comments on this action and related matters to inform CEQ's decision making.
Learn More🌊Scoping Period Extended for Columbia River SEIS
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation (Co-Lead Agencies) are extending the scoping period and re-scheduling public meetings for the notice of intent entitled "Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Columbia River System Operations," published in the Federal Register on December 18, 2024. The scoping period is now scheduled to end May 9, 2025 and public meetings will now be held the week of April 7, 2025.
Learn More⚡NEPA Revisions to Expedite Geothermal Exploration Approvals
This notice announces the Department of the Interior's (Department) proposal to revise the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at chapter 11 of part 516 of the Departmental Manual (DM) to add a new categorical exclusion (CX) for geothermal resource exploration operations.
Learn More📄HRSA Environmental Information Requirements for Funding Compliance
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this notice has closed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Learn More🌍Implications of NEPA Procedures Withdrawal for Businesses
The Department of Transportation (the Department) is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) issued on November 23, 2020, that proposed to amend its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures.
Learn More🌱New NEPA Procedures for Geothermal Resource Development Announced
This notice announces a revision to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at Chapter 11 of part 516 of the Department of the Interior's Departmental Manual (516 DM 11). The revision adds a new categorical exclusion (CX) for geothermal resource confirmation activities on Federal geothermal resource leases.
Learn More🌿Notice on Categorical Exclusions and Business Impact Under NEPA
The Department of the Interior is notifying the public and documenting the adoption of two U.S. Forest Service, one National Park Service, and three U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service categorical exclusions (CXs) by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In accordance with section 109, this notice identifies the types of actions to which the BLM will apply the CXs, the considerations that the BLM will use in determining the applicability of the CXs, and the consultation between the agencies on the use of the CXs, including application of extraordinary circumstances.
Learn More🌿Notice of Incidental Take Permit Application for Skink Species
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce receipt of an application from ADH Rollins Court, LLC (applicant) for an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act. The applicant requests the ITP to take the federally listed sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi) and blue-tailed mole skink (Eumeces egregius lividus) incidental to the construction of a residential development in Polk County, Florida. We request public comment on the application, which includes the applicant's proposed habitat conservation plan (HCP), and on the Service's preliminary determination that the proposed permitting action may be eligible for a categorical exclusion pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, the Department of the Interior's (DOI) NEPA regulations, and the DOI Departmental Manual. To make this preliminary determination, we prepared a draft environmental action statement and low-effect screening form, both of which are also available for public review. We invite comment from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies.
Learn More🌊NEPA Revisions Impact Financial Assistance for Water Businesses
This notice announces the revision of seven categorical exclusions (CEs) listed in the Bureau of Reclamation's procedures for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The revisions clarify existing CEs on certain financial assistance funding, water-related contracting, and use authorization actions to allow for more consistent interpretation and more efficient review of appropriate actions based on the Reclamation's experience implementing these CEs.
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