NEPA and agency planning--Environmental impact statement--Commenting--Predecision referrals to the council of proposed federal actions determined to be environmentally unsatisfactory--NEPA and agency decisionmaking--Other requirements of NEPA--Agency compliance--Terminology and index.

Final Guidance for Federal Departments and Agencies - Establishing, Applying, and Revising Categorical Exclusions under National Environmental Policy Act (US Council on Environmental Quality Regulation) (CEQ) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Final Guidance for Federal Departments and Agencies - Establishing, Applying, and Revising Categorical Exclusions under National Environmental Policy Act (US Council on Environmental Quality Regulation) (CEQ) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is issuing its final guidance on categorical exclusions. This guidance provides methods for substantiating categorical exclusions, clarifies the process for establishing categorical exclusions, outlines how agencies should engage the public when establishing and using categorical exclusions, describes how agencies can document the use of categorical exclusions, and recommends periodic agency review of existing categorical exclusions. A categorical exclusion is a category of actions that a Federal agency determines does not normally result in individually or cumulatively significant environmental effects. This guidance clarifies the rules for establishing, applying, and revising categorical exclusions. It applies to categorical exclusions established by Federal agencies in accordance with CEQ regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act. The guidance was developed to assist agencies in making their implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) more transparent and efficient. This book contains: - The complete text of the Final Guidance for Federal Departments and Agencies - Establishing, Applying, and Revising Categorical Exclusions under National Environmental Policy Act (US Council on Environmental Quality Regulation) (CEQ) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section

This regulation provides guidance for implementation of the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the Civil Works Program of the US Army Corps of Engineers. It supplements Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations 40 CFR 1500-1508, November 29, 1978, in accordance with 40 CFR 1507.3, and is intended to be used only in conjunction with the CEQ regulations. Appendix A provides guidance on processing NEPA documents except for those concerning regulatory actions. Appendix C (formally ER 200-2-1) has been added to provide guidance on preparing and processing a notice of intent to prepare an EIS for publication in the Federal Register for all types of Corps actions. 33 CFR Part 325, Appendix B provides procedural guidance for preparing and processing NEPA documents for regulatory actions.