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Agriculture Department
National Environmental Policy Act
Published April 3, 2026. Takes effect April 3, 2026. printed at 91 FR 17062. amending 7 CFR 1.
A law makes agencies weigh what a project does to nature. The farm agency makes its steps final.
What the Rule Says It Does
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting the interim final rule (IFR) published on July 3, 2025, with minor changes, as final. The IFR revised departmental regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and removed various USDA agency regulations for implementing NEPA. The IFR was in response to the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) rescission of its NEPA implementing regulations (which USDA's NEPA regulations were designed to supplement), statutory changes to NEPA, executive orders, and case law. In the IFR, USDA provided a 30-day comment period for the public to review and make comments. This final rule addresses public comments and adopts as final the IFR, with certain substantive changes as explained herein.
This is the rule's own summary, as the Federal Register prints it.
The Orders It Names
- Executive Order 14154: Unleashing American Energy
- Executive Order 14173: Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
The rule names these orders itself. What it does about them is a reading, and none is recorded here.
How This Rule Is Quoted
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