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2026-00178 — Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations

The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is adopting the interim final rule published on February 25, 2025, as final. In the interim final rule, CEQ 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 interim final rule, without changes, removing all iterations of CEQ's regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations.

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Legal stateEnacted or issuedVerify the effective date, covered entities, and operative text.
JurisdictionUnited StatesFederal-source record
Latest recorded action2026-01-08Final rule.
Primary sourceFed. RegisterOriginal public record linked

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Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations

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Policy record 1Policy theme 1Policy mechanism 1Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
classified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordissued by: Issuing agency named in the tracked public recordmember of family: standalonePolicy record2026-00178Removal of National Environ…2026-00178: Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing RegulationsPolicy themeSiting & Land UseAI-assisted policy themeSiting & Land Use: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismCommunity participationText-derived policy signalCommunity participation: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionUnited StatesFederal policy jurisdictionUnited States: Federal policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceFed. RegisterOriginal public sourceFed. Register: Original public sourceDocumented actorCouncil on Environment…agencyCouncil on Environmental Quality: agencyPolicy familyRemoval of National En…USRemoval of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations: US

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