The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) has updated its procedures (NEPA Procedures) for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Council's ...
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) has updated its procedures (NEPA Procedures) for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Council's updated NEPA Procedures are available at
www.restorethegulf.gov.
On May 5, 2015, the Council issued its NEPA Procedures (80 FR 25680). The Council's 2015 NEPA Procedures were based on the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500-1508. On January 8, 2026, CEQ issued a final rule removing these regulations (91 FR 618) in accord with Executive Order (E.O.) 14154,
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(January 20, 2025). E.O. 14154 further directed agencies to revise their NEPA implementing procedures consistent with the E.O. Accordingly, the Council has revised its NEPA Procedures. As part of the revision process the Council eliminated a Categorical Exclusion for administrative and routine office activities, which do not meet the definition of major Federal action. The Council's updated NEPA Procedures can be found at
www.restorethegulf.gov.
Keala J. Hughes,
Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council.
www.restorethegulf.gov
40 CFR parts 1500-1508