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2023-00158 — National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change

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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Legal stateAgency noticeA notice may request information or announce an agency action. It does not by itself establish a new legal requirement or an open comment period.
JurisdictionUnited StatesFederal-source record
Latest recorded action2023-01-09Notice of interim guidance; request for comments.
Primary sourceFed. RegisterOriginal public record linked

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Community participation · Emissions standard

Gives affected residents a formal voice — hearings, comment periods, or benefit agreements — before or as a project proceeds. Caps or standardizes the greenhouse-gas and pollution footprint a data center is allowed to produce.

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Issues named in the record

Carbon

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National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change

9 nodes · 8 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 2Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textsignals 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 record2023-00158National Environmental Poli…2023-00158: National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate ChangePolicy themeCarbonExplicit record textCarbon: Explicit record textPolicy themeSiting & Land UseAI-assisted policy themeSiting & Land Use: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismCommunity participationText-derived policy signalCommunity participation: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismEmissions standardText-derived policy signalEmissions standard: 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 familyNational Environmental…USNational Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change: US

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