2023-00158 · Agency notice
National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Current status
- Notice
- Issuing body / sponsor
- Council on Environmental Quality
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Latest action
Notice of interim guidance; request for comments.
Jan 9, 2023
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Policy mechanisms
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Quick summary
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is issuing this interim guidance to assist agencies in analyzing greenhouse gas (GHG) and climate change effects of their proposed actions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). CEQ is issuing this guidance as interim guidance so that agencies may make use of it immediately while CEQ seeks public comment on the guidance. CEQ intends to either revise the guidance in response to public comments or finalize the interim guidance.
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