Yesterday the OMB’ Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved a guidance document from the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) on “Guidance on Emergencies and the National Environmental Policy Act”. The document was sent to OIRA on May 8th, 2025.
Guidance documents are not typically described in the Unified Agenda, but would appear to address a memorandum from Brenda Mallory, the previous CEQ Chair, that was published on December 18th, 2024: “Emergencies and the National Environmental Policy Act Guidance”. That memo provided guidance on how agencies should include environmental stewardship activities in their responses to emergencies “involving immediate threats to human health or safety, or immediate threats to valuable natural resources” that do not allow time to complete the steps outlined in the National Environmental Protection Act regulations.
I do not expect to cover this guidance document in any
detail in this blog, but its publication will almost certainly be noted in the
appropriate Short Takes post.
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