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Council on Environmental Quality

Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations

Published February 25, 2025. Takes effect April 11, 2025. printed at 90 FR 10610. amending 40 CFR 1500, 40 CFR 1501, 40 CFR 1502, 40 CFR 1503.

In plain English

A law makes agencies weigh the effect of a project on nature. This drops one office's rules for doing that.

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What the Rule Says It Does

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.

This is the rule's own summary, as the Federal Register prints it.

The Order It Names

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How to cite this
  1. The rule itself

    Council on Environmental Quality, “Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations,” 90 FR 10610 (February 25, 2025). Effective April 11, 2025.
    https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/25/2025-03014/removal-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations

  2. This page

    “Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations,” a final rule naming an order indexed here. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/rules/rule-2025-03014/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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