Hearing will be held on February 25th in Washington, DC
Contact: (Daniel.J.Schneider@ceq.eop.gov)
Washington, D.C. – The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has announced the details of a second public hearing on CEQ’s proposal to comprehensively update its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations for the first time in over 40 years.
What: Public hearing on
CEQ’s proposed rule titled Update
to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act.
When: Tuesday, February
25, 2020. There will be a morning, afternoon, and evening session available for
registration.
- The morning hearing session will convene at 9 am and will conclude at Noon EST.
- The afternoon hearing session will convene at 1 pm and will conclude at 4 pm EST.
- The evening hearing session will convene at 5 pm and will conclude at 8 pm EST.
Where: Department of the
Interior, Sidney Yates Auditorium, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240
Registration Information:
Anyone wishing to attend the public hearing, either as a speaker or as a
listener, must register in advance on Eventbrite. In order for as many
individuals to participate as possible, attendees may only register for one
ticket. Free tickets to all three sessions will be available at the links below
at 1 pm EST, today, February 7, 2020.
- Tickets for the morning session (9am-Noon EST) will be available HERE.
- Tickets for the afternoon session (1 pm-4 pm EST) will be available HERE.
- Tickets for the evening session (5pm-8 pm EST) will be available HERE.
Background: In
2017, President Trump issued Executive
Order 13807 establishing a One Federal Decision
policy, including a two-year goal for completing environmental reviews for
major infrastructure projects, and directing CEQ to consider revisions to
modernize its regulations. In 2018, CEQ issued an Advance
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) requesting
comment on potential updates to its regulations. CEQ received over 12,500
comments, which informed CEQ’s proposed rule.
On January 10, 2020, CEQ published a notice of
proposed rulemaking to comprehensively modernize its NEPA regulations for the
first time in over 40 years.
- A fact sheet on the proposed rule can be found HERE.
- Text of the proposed rule can be found HERE.
CEQ is also planning to make a public webcast
presentation on the proposed rule available on its NEPA
Modernization page and NEPA.gov,
in advance of the public hearing. Comments on CEQ’s proposed rule should be
submitted on or before March 10, 2020.
You may submit comments via any of the following
methods:
- Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ and follow
the online instructions for submitting comments to Docket ID No.
CEQ-2019-0003.
- By Fax: 202-456-6546
- By mail:
- Council on Environmental Quality
730 Jackson Place, NW
Washington, DC 20503
Attn: Docket No. CEQ-2019-0003
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