WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Department Of Energy has issued a rule called: Revision of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on July 3 by Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
Summary: This interim final rule substantially revises Department of Energy's (DOE) regulations containing its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures, which were promulgated to supplement now-rescinded Council on Environmental Quality regulations. Mindful that the Supreme Court recently clarified NEPA is a "purely procedural statute, " DOE will henceforth maintain the remainder of its procedures in a procedural guidance document separate ...