WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers has issued a rule called: Procedures for Implementing NEPA; Processing of Department of the Army Permits.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on July 3 by D. Lee Forsgren, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).
Summary: This interim final rule removes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations, used for evaluating permit applications, which were promulgated to supplement now-rescinded Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations, and replaces them with a new regulation that also address requests for permission under Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. Further, the Ar...