{"description":"Documents matching 'risk enhanced understanding environmental social'","count":5136,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=risk+enhanced+understanding+environmental+social&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Enhanced Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS)","type":"Rule","abstract":"To address ongoing aviation security threats, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is amending its regulations pertaining to the Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) program to require the transmission of additional data elements. The ACAS program enhances the security of flights carrying cargo into the United States by requiring the transmission of certain air cargo data and performing targeted risk assessments based on the transmitted data prior to an aircraft's departure for the United States. These risk assessments identify and prevent high-risk air cargo from being loaded onto an aircraft that could pose a risk to an aircraft during flight.","document_number":"2025-20606","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/21/2025-20606/enhanced-air-cargo-advance-screening-acas","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-21/pdf/2025-20606.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20606.pdf?1763646322","publication_date":"2025-11-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","id":501,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s-customs-and-border-protection","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/501","parent_id":227,"slug":"u-s-customs-and-border-protection"}],"excerpts":"in his or her own mortality <span class=\"match\">risk</span>. This tradeoff between money and small changes in mortality <span class=\"match\">risk</span> is reported as the VSL, and is often estimated by dividing the value of a small <span class=\"match\">risk</span> reduction by the size of the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> change (for example, if an individual is willing to pay $1,320 for a 1 in 10,000 reduction in his or her <span class=\"match\">risk</span> of dying in the current year, then his or her VSL is calculated as $1,320 ÷ 1/10,000 annual <span class=\"match\">risk</span> change = $13.2 million VSL). Alternatively, this tradeoff can be multiplied by the population <span class=\"match\">risk</span> change to determine the value"},{"title":"Enhancing Surface Cyber Risk Management","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is proposing to impose cyber risk management (CRM) requirements on certain pipeline and rail owner/operators and a more limited requirement, on certain over-the-road bus (OTRB) owner/operators, to report cybersecurity incidents. With the proposed addition of requirements applicable to pipeline facilities and systems, TSA is also proposing that a requirement to have a Physical Security Coordinator and report significant physical security concerns be extended to the same facilities and systems. Finally, TSA is proposing clarifications and reorganization of other regulatory requirements necessitated by these changes.","document_number":"2024-24704","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/07/2024-24704/enhancing-surface-cyber-risk-management","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-07/pdf/2024-24704.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24704.pdf?1730900722","publication_date":"2024-11-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"Transportation Security Administration","name":"Transportation Security Administration","id":494,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/494","parent_id":227,"slug":"transportation-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"determinations were based on the physical security of transportation systems and <span class=\"match\">risks</span> within that context.\n \n \n \n 118 \n  \n See supra \n note 81.\n \n \n \n Use of TSA's <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based determinations for applicability is consistent with the focus of the 9/11 Act's requirements on higher-<span class=\"match\">risk</span> operations. This <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based focus is reflected in the statutory requirement that focuses security training requirements on frontline employees, not all employees; \n 119 \n \n requiring <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based tiers where only the highest tier would be required to comply with regulations"},{"title":"National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Hazardous Waste Combustors: Residual Risk and Technology Review","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing the residual risk and technology review (RTR) conducted for the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) from Hazardous Waste Combustors (HWC). Specifically, the EPA is finalizing that risks due to emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from this source category are adequately addressed by the existing standards; that the NESHAP provides an ample margin of safety to protect public health; and that no developments in practices, processes, or control technologies necessitate revision of the standards. In addition, the EPA is promulgating emission standards for hydrogen fluoride (HF) and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) emissions from major source HWC incinerators, cement kilns, solid fuel boilers, and liquid fuel boilers under Clean Air Act (CAA) sections 112(d)(2) and (3) and 112(h). These final amendments also include work practice standards under CAA section 112(h) for periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM); new electronic reporting provisions and requirements; provisions allowing States to choose to exempt area source HWCs from certain permitting requirements; and certain typographical and technical corrections and clarifications.","document_number":"2026-11047","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11047/national-emission-standards-for-hazardous-air-pollutants-from-hazardous-waste-combustors-residual","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11047.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11047.pdf?1780404311","publication_date":"2026-06-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"in the proposed review multipathway human health <span class=\"match\">risks</span> including the cancer <span class=\"match\">risk</span> for the highest exposed individual, the maximum chronic noncancer HQ for persistent and bioaccumulative HAP, and if the Agency expected an adverse <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> effect as a result of HAP emissions from HWCs based on the results of an <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> <span class=\"match\">risk</span> screening analysis. Table 2 of this preamble presents a summary of the results of the proposed <span class=\"match\">risk</span> analysis. The EPA estimates that no people will be at an increased <span class=\"match\">risk</span> of cancer greater than or equal to 100-in-1 million"},{"title":"Concept Release on Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Disclosures and Enhancements to Asset-Backed Securities Registration","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\") is publishing this concept release to solicit comments on whether to amend the asset-level disclosure requirements for residential mortgage-backed securities in Item 1125 of Regulation AB and whether to revise generally the definition of \"asset-backed security\" and/or other definitions in Item 1101 of Regulation AB. The Commission is considering these steps to expand issuer and investor access to the registered asset-backed securities markets and facilitate enhanced capital formation and liquidity while maintaining appropriate investor protections.","document_number":"2025-19152","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/01/2025-19152/concept-release-on-residential-mortgage-backed-securities-disclosures-and-enhancements-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-01/pdf/2025-19152.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19152.pdf?1759236316","publication_date":"2025-10-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"reputational <span class=\"match\">risks</span> to issuers and may cause issuers to take on liability under any applicable privacy laws.\n 65 \n \n Other commenters noted \n \n concerns that websites pose technological <span class=\"match\">risks</span> and that any issues could have negative market impacts.\n 66 \n \n The Commission went on to detail a series of options considered before finally adopting Item 1(d)(1) of Schedule AL, which requires disclosure of a two-digit zip code for the geographic location of individual properties underlying an RMBS offering to mitigate privacy and re-identification <span class=\"match\">risk</span>.\n 67 \n"},{"title":"Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Common Sense Approach to Chemical Accident Prevention","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to amend its Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations by making several proposed changes to the 2024 Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention (SCCAP) rule. The proposed revisions include changes to provisions relating to safer technology and alternatives analyses, information availability, third-party audits, employee participation, community and emergency responder notification, stationary source siting, natural hazards, power loss, declined recommendations documentation, emergency response exercises, process safety information (PSI) and recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP), deregistration form information collection, hot work permit retention, and the retail facility definition. These proposed amendments seek to improve chemical process safety by avoiding duplicative requirements, realigning RMP requirements with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements, and eliminating unnecessary burdens placed on facilities where there is not specific data available to show that the current RMP standards would reduce or have reduced the number of accidental releases.","document_number":"2026-03633","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/24/2026-03633/accidental-release-prevention-requirements-risk-management-programs-under-the-clean-air-act-common","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-24/pdf/2026-03633.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03633.pdf?1771854312","publication_date":"2026-02-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"Protection of Children From <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> Health <span class=\"match\">Risks</span> and Safety <span class=\"match\">Risks</span> \n \n E.O. 13045 directs Federal agencies to include an evaluation of the health and safety effects of the planned regulation on children in Federal health and safety standards and explain why the regulation is preferable to potentially effective and reasonably feasible alternatives. This action is not subject to E.O. 13045 because the EPA does not believe the <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> health <span class=\"match\">risks</span> or safety <span class=\"match\">risks</span> addressed by this action present a disproportionate <span class=\"match\">risk</span> to children. The EPA does"},{"title":"Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts; Correction","type":"Notice","abstract":"A July 1, 2025, Notice in the Federal Register entitled \"Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts\" announced an update of Department of Commerce (DOC or Department) Administrative Order 216-6, \"Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act,\" (NEPA) and NEPA implementing procedures specific to sub-components of DOC. As part of that Notice, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) solicited comments on proposals to establish new categorical exclusions (CEs) and amend existing CEs. The description of CEs in that Notice included several technical errors. This correction provides revised CE text and a new deadline for public comments.","document_number":"2025-14110","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/28/2025-14110/procedures-for-considering-environmental-impacts-correction","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-28/pdf/2025-14110.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14110.pdf?1753447508","publication_date":"2025-07-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"aquifers or recharge areas; and (4) Does not involve an added <span class=\"match\">risk</span> of human or <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> exposure to toxic or hazardous substances, pathogens, or radioactive materials. \n “Note on the application of C1: If applicable, limitations and mitigation measures identified in the NOAA Restoration Center Programmatic <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> Impact Statement for Habitat Restoration Actions must be followed. This CE includes, but is not limited to, response or restoration actions under the Comprehensive <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Oil"},{"title":"Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Commerce (DOC or Department) is updating DOC Administrative Order 216-6, \"Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act,\" which outlines the Department's responsibilities for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and identifies procedures specific to sub-components of DOC that implement NEPA. The updated Order and procedures promote collaboration and efficiencies in the implementation of NEPA and modernize the processes and procedures for environmental review. DOC is not soliciting comments on the updated Order or sub-component NEPA procedures. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is soliciting comments on its proposal to establish new, and amend its existing, categorical exclusions (CEs) in its agency NEPA implementing procedures.","document_number":"2025-12272","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12272/procedures-for-considering-environmental-impacts","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12272.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12272.pdf?1751394609","publication_date":"2025-07-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"aquifers or recharge areas; and (4) Does not involve an added <span class=\"match\">risk</span> of human or <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> exposure to toxic or hazardous substances, pathogens, or radioactive materials. \n Note on the application of C1: If applicable, limitations and mitigation measures identified in the NOAA Restoration Center Programmatic <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> Impact Statement for Habitat Restoration Actions must be followed. This CE includes, but is not limited to, response or restoration actions under the Comprehensive <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42"},{"title":"Supply Chain Risk Management Reliability Standards","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, the Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization, to develop and submit for Commission approval new or modified Reliability Standards that address the: sufficiency of responsible entities' supply chain risk management plans related to the identification of, assessment of, and response to supply chain risks, and applicability of Reliability Standards' supply chain protections to protected cyber assets.","document_number":"2024-22230","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/01/2024-22230/supply-chain-risk-management-reliability-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-01/pdf/2024-22230.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-22230.pdf?1727700322","publication_date":"2024-10-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"threat and <span class=\"match\">risk</span> posed to the responsible entity. In the absence of clear criteria, procedures of entities with ad hoc approaches do not include steps to validate the completeness and accuracy of the vendor responses, assess the <span class=\"match\">risks</span>, consider the vendors' mitigation activities, or respond to any residual <span class=\"match\">risks</span>.\n 50 \n \n \n \n \n 48 \n  For example, the NIST <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Management Framework includes these three tenants of <span class=\"match\">risk</span> and further breaks them down into a seven-step process that entities can use to manage information security and privacy <span class=\"match\">risk</span> for organizations"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Social Impact Partnerships To Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) Program Review","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal agencies to comment on the proposed information collections listed below, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Treasury has completed two rounds of funding for the SIPPRA program through two releases of a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Treasury invites comments on the revisions to the FY26 NOFO to improve the efficacy and efficiency of the application review process.","document_number":"2026-04685","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/10/2026-04685/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comment-request-social-impact","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-10/pdf/2026-04685.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04685.pdf?1773060316","publication_date":"2026-03-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"}],"excerpts":"Trafficking in Persons at 2 CFR part 175. \n 5. <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> Requirements. \n Treasury approval of financial assistance is subject to compliance with applicable federal and State <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> requirements. As discussed under Section 4.A.g(8), Legal Compliance, the Applicant must identify the State and federal <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> laws, regulations, and policies that may apply to the project and the <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> documents that may be required under State and federal laws. Pursuant to the National <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), project"},{"title":"Update of Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act and Assessing the Environmental Effects Abroad of EPA Actions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing amendments to its procedures for implementing the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). This proposed rule would also include technical amendments to the Agency's procedures to improve clarity, correct errors, and update office names and titles. This proposed rule would amend EPA's NEPA implementing procedures by incorporating proposed revisions to create efficiencies in the implementation of NEPA and to harmonize EPA's NEPA Implementing Procedures with other federal agencies' procedures, where possible. The proposed rule also incorporates the amendments to NEPA enacted through the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA) and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (OBBBA); makes changes consistent with Executive Order (E.O.) 14154, Unleashing American Energy; makes changes based on the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) subsequent rescission of its NEPA regulations; and to reflect the Supreme Court's May 29, 2025 decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, 605 U.S. 168(2025) (hereinafter Seven County).","document_number":"2026-12862","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/25/2026-12862/update-of-procedures-for-implementing-the-national-environmental-policy-act-and-assessing-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-25/pdf/2026-12862.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12862.pdf?1782305120","publication_date":"2026-06-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"I. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> Health and Safety <span class=\"match\">Risks</span> \n The EPA interprets E.O.13045 as applying only to those regulatory actions that concern <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> health or safety <span class=\"match\">risks</span> that the EPA has reason to believe may disproportionately affect children, per the definition of “covered regulatory action” in section 2-202 of the E.O. Therefore, this action is not subject to E.O. 13045 because it does not concern an <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> health <span class=\"match\">risk</span> or safety <span class=\"match\">risk</span> in a manner that may disproportionately affect children"},{"title":"National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Interior (Department or DOI) is adopting the interim final rule (IFR) published on July 3, 2025, with minor changes, as final. In the IFR, DOI provided a 30-day comment period for the public to review and make comments. This final rule addresses public comments and adopts as final the IFR, with certain substantive changes as explained herein. The IFR partially rescinded DOI's regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and made necessary targeted updates to those provisions that were not repealed. DOI will henceforth maintain the majority of its NEPA procedures--which apply only to DOI's internal processes--in a Departmental Handbook separate from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).","document_number":"2026-03708","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/24/2026-03708/national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-24/pdf/2026-03708.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03708.pdf?1771854321","publication_date":"2026-02-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"in these regulations. \n 3. Applicant- and Contractor-Prepared <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> Documents \n In the IFR, DOI also retained Section 46.105, with some revisions, and added Section 46.107. These sections set standards and procedures that apply when DOI bureaus hire contractors to prepare <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> assessments, <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> impact statements, or other <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> information; or rely on applicants to prepare <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> information, including <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> assessments or <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> impact statements. Section 107(f) of NEPA, enacted through the"},{"title":"Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to revise the NRC's regulations to streamline and modernize its implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA). These proposed revisions address Presidential directives in Executive Order (E.O.) 14300, \"Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,\" E.O. 14154, \"Unleashing American Energy,\" Executive Order 14192, \"Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation,\" Executive Order 14270, \"Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy;\" recent amendments to NEPA; and relevant NEPA case law. In addition, these proposed revisions aim to reduce regulatory burden while complying with NEPA requirements. The proposed rule would narrow the scope of NEPA reviews to effects (or impacts) within the NRC's substantive statutory authority; revise definitions; update procedures for determining the level of NEPA review; establish new categorical exclusions; provide new flexibility for licensees, applicants, and petitioners for rulemaking to submit environmental information; and remove outdated requirements and consolidate content provisions to improve clarity and efficiency. Consistent with section 102(2)(B) of NEPA and E.O. 14300, the NRC consulted with the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) during the development of this proposed rule. The NRC is issuing new draft guidance NUREG-2270, \"Environmental Review Guidance for U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Actions,\" for the implementation of the proposed requirements in this rulemaking. The NRC staff will carry out its NEPA responsibilities consistent with the proposed requirements in this rulemaking and the guidance in NUREG-2270.","document_number":"2026-13687","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13687/implementation-of-the-national-environmental-policy-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-07/pdf/2026-13687.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13687.pdf?1783341914","publication_date":"2026-07-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"the appropriate <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> documents based on the circumstances for each application.\n \n 10. Effects on existing GEISs and codified <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> information: \n \n The proposed 10 CFR part 51 would retain codified <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> impact conclusions within the scope of the NRC's regulatory authority in the following sections: § 51.23, “<span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> impacts of continued storage of spent nuclear fuel beyond the licensed life for operation of a reactor,” § 51.51, “Uranium fuel cycle <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> data—Table S-3,” § 51.52, “<span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> effects of transportation"},{"title":"Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule revises the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) procedures implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). TVA is taking this action in response to the amendments to NEPA enacted through the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, to reflect the Supreme Court's recent decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, and to align with Executive Order (E.O.) 14154, Unleashing American Energy, and the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) subsequent recission of its NEPA implementing regulations, which TVA's procedures were intended to supplement. This interim final rule requests comments on this action and TVA's intent to move its procedures at Subpart G, for compliance with E.O. 11988, Floodplain Management, and E.O. 11990, Protection of Wetlands, into a new part 1319 of the CFR, to inform TVA's decision-making.","document_number":"2026-01092","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/21/2026-01092/implementation-of-the-national-environmental-policy-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-21/pdf/2026-01092.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01092.pdf?1768916720","publication_date":"2026-01-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY","name":"Tennessee Valley Authority","id":486,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/tennessee-valley-authority","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/486","parent_id":null,"slug":"tennessee-valley-authority"}],"excerpts":"existing <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> document(s); \n (b) The reasonably foreseeable <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> effects that would result from the new proposed action are similar to those analyzed in an existing <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> document(s); and \n (c) Any new information or circumstances relevant to <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> concerns would not substantially change the analysis in an existing <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> document(s). \n \n \n § 1318.103 \n \n (a) After completion of an <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> document, if TVA makes substantial changes in the proposed action that are relevant to <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> concerns or"},{"title":"Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is rescinding and repromulgating its regulations related to environmental quality to update the regulations to codify changes to NEPA. NASA has determined there is good cause to promulgate its revised NEPA implementing regulations in the form of an interim final rule in order to avoid confusion related to NASA's administrative process and provide NASA action proponents, non-Federal project sponsors of proposed actions, and the public with the procedural certainty required to efficiently prepare an environmental document under NEPA. Additionally, this interim final rule updates NASA's list of existing categorical exclusions.","document_number":"2026-13245","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/01/2026-13245/procedures-for-implementing-the-national-environmental-policy-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-01/pdf/2026-13245.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13245.pdf?1782823512","publication_date":"2026-07-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","id":301,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/301","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-aeronautics-and-space-administration"}],"excerpts":"300 Preparation of categorical exclusions \n Subpart 1216.4 <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> assessments \n 1216.400 Preparation of <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> assessments \n 1216.401 Findings of no significant impact \n Subpart 1216.5 <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> Impact Statements \n 1216.500 Preparation of <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> impact statements \n 1216.501 Purpose and need \n 1216.502 Analysis within the <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> impact statement \n 1216.503 Page limits \n 1216.504 Deadlines \n 1216.505 Publication of the <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> documents \n Subpart 1216.6 Efficient <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> Reviews \n 1216.600 Lead, cooperating, and participating"},{"title":"Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is adopting the interim final rule published on February 25, 2025, as final. In the interim final rule, CEQ provided a 30-day comment period for the public to review and make comments. This final rule addresses public comments and adopts as final the interim final rule, without changes, removing all iterations of CEQ's regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations.","document_number":"2026-00178","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/08/2026-00178/removal-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-08/pdf/2026-00178.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00178.pdf?1767793515","publication_date":"2026-01-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","name":"Council on Environmental Quality","id":92,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/council-on-environmental-quality","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/92","parent_id":538,"slug":"council-on-environmental-quality"}],"excerpts":"reasonably foreseeable significant <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> effects or for which the significance of their <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> effects is unknown, 42 U.S.C. 4336(b)(2), unless the action is excluded pursuant to a categorical exclusion. The statute defines categorical exclusions as a determination by an agency that a category of actions normally does not have a significant <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> effect. 42 U.S.C. 4336e(1). NEPA includes thresholds for determining whether an <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> document must be prepared and the appropriate level of <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> review. 42 U.S.C. 4336(a)-(b)"},{"title":"National Environmental Policy Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting the interim final rule (IFR) published on July 3, 2025, with minor changes, as final. The IFR revised departmental regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and removed various USDA agency regulations for implementing NEPA. The IFR was in response to the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) rescission of its NEPA implementing regulations (which USDA's NEPA regulations were designed to supplement), statutory changes to NEPA, executive orders, and case law. In the IFR, USDA provided a 30-day comment period for the public to review and make comments. This final rule addresses public comments and adopts as final the IFR, with certain substantive changes as explained herein.","document_number":"2026-06537","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/03/2026-06537/national-environmental-policy-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-03/pdf/2026-06537.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06537.pdf?1775133916","publication_date":"2026-04-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"}],"excerpts":"affected by the applicant's proposal. The <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> documentation submitted must be accurate, complete, and capable of verification. The agency may request additional information as needed to make an <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> determination. Failure to submit the required <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> documentation will postpone further consideration of the applicant's proposal until the <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> documentation is submitted, or the agency may deny the request for financial assistance. The agency will review the <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> documentation and determine if extraordinary"},{"title":"National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Interior (Department or DOI) is partially rescinding and making necessary targeted updates to its remaining regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which were promulgated to \"supplement\" now-rescinded Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA implementing regulations. Mindful that the Supreme Court recently clarified NEPA is a \"purely procedural statute,\" DOI will henceforth maintain the remainder of its NEPA procedures--which apply only to DOI's internal processes--in a Handbook separate from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This interim final rule requests comments on this action and related matters to inform DOI's decision-making.","document_number":"2025-12433","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12433/national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-03/pdf/2025-12433.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12433.pdf?1751394611","publication_date":"2025-07-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"Contractor-Prepared <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> Documents \n Finally, DOI is retaining and revising Section 46.105 and adding Section 46.107, which set standards and procedures that apply when DOI bureaus hire contractors to prepare <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> assessments, <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> impact statements, or other <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> information; or rely on applicants to prepare <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> information, including <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> assessments or <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> impact statements. The FRA provides that agencies may develop procedures to allow for the preparation of <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> assessments and"},{"title":"Implementing Regulation for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Environmental Effects of the Department of Veterans Affairs Actions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this interim final rule to amend its agency procedures for implementing the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Since VA last updated its NEPA regulations in 1989, Congress amended NEPA through the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, the Council on Environmental Quality rescinded its NEPA regulations, and substantial changes have occurred in VA's delivery of care and benefits to veterans. The revisions to VA's NEPA regulations improve the efficiency and quality of VA's NEPA process and align the NEPA process with decision-making across VA by more clearly focusing on the planning stages of VA actions, improving consistency in NEPA implementation throughout VA, updating the VA categorical exclusion list to reflect current VA activities, and complying with NEPA, as revised.","document_number":"2026-11973","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/15/2026-11973/implementing-regulation-for-national-environmental-policy-act-nepa-environmental-effects-of-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-15/pdf/2026-11973.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11973.pdf?1781268314","publication_date":"2026-06-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"VA elements to integrate the effects analyses required by other Federal and State <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> laws into the NEPA process to the maximum extent practicable. Through integration into one decision-making process, VA improves the quality of analysis of <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> effects, reduces project delays, and <span class=\"match\">enhances</span> the scoping process for discovering relevant <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> issues.\n \n \n (1) \n <span class=\"match\">Environmental</span> laws. \n VA will integrate evaluation required by other <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> laws into the NEPA process, including but not limited to section 106 of the NHPA"},{"title":"Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is finalizing amendments to the procedural framework rule for conducting risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The purpose of risk evaluations under TSCA is to determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, without consideration of costs or non-risk factors, including unreasonable risk to potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations identified as relevant to the risk evaluation by EPA, under the conditions of use. EPA reconsidered the procedural framework rule for conducting such risk evaluations and is revising certain aspects of that framework to better align with the statutory text and applicable court decisions, to reflect the Agency's experience implementing the risk evaluation program following enactment of the 2016 TSCA amendments, and to allow for consideration of future scientific advances in the risk evaluation process without need to further amend the Agency's procedural rule.","document_number":"2024-09417","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/03/2024-09417/procedures-for-chemical-risk-evaluation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-03/pdf/2024-09417.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09417.pdf?1714398279","publication_date":"2024-05-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"concern that the single <span class=\"match\">risk</span> determination would result in EPA determining that every chemical presents unreasonable <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, and ultimately create confusion within the general public regarding which uses of a chemical do or do not present <span class=\"match\">risk</span>. EPA appreciates the concerns regarding clear <span class=\"match\">risk</span> communication as part of each <span class=\"match\">risk</span> determination but disagrees with the suggestion that the single <span class=\"match\">risk</span> determination approach will lead to a finding of unreasonable <span class=\"match\">risk</span> in every instance. EPA does not pre-determine the outcome of any <span class=\"match\">risk</span> evaluation activity."},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request: Risk/Safety Considerations and Motivations for Purchase and Use of Kratom and Psychedelics Alone and in Combination With Other Substances","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish a notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on a proposed study entitled \"Risk/Safety Considerations and Motivations for Purchase and Use of Kratom and Psychedelics Alone and in Combination With Other Substances.\"","document_number":"2024-17102","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/02/2024-17102/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comment-request-risksafety","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-02/pdf/2024-17102.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-17102.pdf?1722516337","publication_date":"2024-08-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"increasing use of these substances in certain populations, and is accompanied by reports noting <span class=\"match\">risk</span> and safety concerns with their use. <span class=\"match\">Understanding</span> the <span class=\"match\">social</span>, behavioral, and <span class=\"match\">environmental</span> contexts and motivations for use is included in our need to protect the public's health, through data-informed strategic initiatives. \n This study seeks to capture information on how consumers make decisions about how, where, and why they buy these substances; what, if any <span class=\"match\">risk</span>/safety considerations and tradeoffs they take into account in the decision-making process;"}]}