Deja Vu All Over Again – CEQ Restores Science To Federal Decision-Making
Highlights
The CEQ has issued a new interim NEPA Guidance for consideration of climate change and GHG emissions when agencies evaluate major federal actions
This interim guidance replaces and updates the CEQ’s 2016 guidance on these issues that was revoked by the prior administration and reinstates use of best practices for analysis grounded in science and agency experience
While the updated interim guidance is effective immediately, the CEQ is receiving public comments until Mar. 10, 2023. The CEQ will then either revise the guidance in response to public comments or finalize the interim guidance
On Jan. 6, 2023, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released updated interim guidance on consideration of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change “to help Federal agencies better assess and disclose climate impacts as they conduct environmental reviews, delivering more certainty and efficiency in the permitting process for clean energy and other infrastructure projects.” The interim guidance, published in the Federal Register Jan. 9, 2023, is intended “to assist Federal agencies in their consideration of the effects of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change when evaluating proposed major Federal actions in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).”
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