On Thursday, the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) from the Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRC) on “Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act [NRC-2025-0478]”. The NPRM was submitted to OIRA on March 20th, 2026.
According to the 2026 Unified Agenda entry for this rulemaking:
“This rulemaking would revise the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s regulations to (1) streamline implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), (2) alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens, and (3) expand flexibilities for applicants and licensees while complying with environmental requirements. The revisions are necessitated by and consistent with the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality's recision of its NEPA implementing regulations, Executive Order (EO) 14300 [link added], Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” and EO 14154 [link added], Unleashing American Energy.””
I would expect to see this NPRM published in the Federal Register in the next week or so. I do not expect that I will cover this rulemaking in any detail. At the very least, though, I would mention its publication in the appropriate Short Takes Post.
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