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CEQ Issues Memorandum on NEPA Implementation: Top Points

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The Trump Administration has begun operationalizing its regulatory strategy for projects requiring evaluation under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In this alert, we discuss two key actions being taken and key...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Council on Environmental Quality Rescinds NEPA Regulations

Federal agencies are now responsible for their own National Environmental Policy Act procedures, creating uncertainty and opportunity for federal environmental reviews....more

Saul Ewing LLP

The Three Things You Should Know About the Council on Environmental Quality’s Removal of its National Environmental Policy Act...

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On February 25, 2025, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued an interim final rule rescinding its regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)....more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update 2.28.25

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On February 20, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) posted a pre-publication notice on its website of an Interim Final Rule rescinding its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act...more

Alston & Bird

CEQ Scraps NEPA Regulations, Paves Way for Shake-Up in Environmental Law

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Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group breaks down the Interim Final Rule and guidance issued by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) on February 19, 2025....more

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Major Changes in National Environmental Policy Act Process

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The Council for Environmental Quality’s (“CEQ”) published an interim final rule yesterday repealing all of its implementing regulations for the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). The interim final rule becomes...more

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Trump Administration Moves to Dismantle NEPA

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Late last week, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released a pre-publication version of a new rule, which would remove the implementing regulations for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in line with the...more

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Trump Administration Rescinds Council on Environmental Quality’s Guidelines, Creating Widespread Uncertainty for the National...

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On February 19, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Interim Final Rule rescinding the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ’s) regulations setting forth the requirements for compliance with the National Environmental...more

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Four Things to Know: Upcoming Changes to NEPA Regulations and Environmental Reviews

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On February 19, 2025, the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) released a pre-publication version of an interim final rule (the “Interim Rule”) to rescind all of CEQ’s previous and current regulations implementing the...more

Allen Matkins

The CEQ has No Clothes: The End of CEQ’s NEPA Regulations and the Future of NEPA Practice

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On February 20, 2025, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) posted a pre-publication notice on its website of an Interim Final Rule that rescinds its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy...more

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CEQ Regulations Replaced by Guidance for a Year of Living in Uncertainty

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On February 19, 2025, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) submitted to the Federal Register an interim final rule rescinding its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, which have been the foundation for...more

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President Trump Moves to Repeal NEPA Regulations

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On February 19, the White House unveiled an interim final rule (IFR) to rescind all National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations that the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has promulgated since 1977....more

Nossaman LLP

National Environmental Policy Act Regulations: Phase 2 – What Else Has Changed?

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This is the fifth in a series of six eAlerts on the Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2024 (Final Rule) by the Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ). The Final Rule...more

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National Environmental Policy Act Regulations: Phase 2 – Public Engagement

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This is the fourth in a series of six eAlerts examining the Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2024 (Final Rule) by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). The...more

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The Site Report - Construction Industry Insights, Issue 5, May 2024

Welcome to our fifth issue of 2024 for our construction industry insights e-newsletter - The Site Report. In our Ask the Attorney segment at the bottom of this e-newsletter, we tap Jonathan Deasy, Senior Attorney in our...more

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National Environmental Policy Act Regulations: Phase 2 – A Deeper Dive, Part 1

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On May 1, 2024, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published its final Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule (Final Rule), that revises regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),...more

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CEQ Finalizes NEPA Phase Two Rulemaking

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The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) finalized its Phase Two revisions to its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations on April 30, 2024, following an effort initiated in 2021 to “revise,...more

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NEPA Rules Rewrite: What's Next?

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This is the final in our series of eAlerts on revisions to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2020 by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) (“Final Rule”)....more

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NEPA Rules Rewrite: Content of NEPA Documents Under New CEQ Rules

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This is the fourth in a series of eAlerts on revisions to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2020 (Final Regulations) by the Council on Environmental Quality...more

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Department of Energy Streamlines Small-Scale LNG Export Authorizations

The Department of Energy (“DOE”) has announced a final rule that will expedite the approval process for small-scale exports of natural gas. ...more

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