Rescission of Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Key claim: The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is rescinding its NEPA-implementing regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations via an interim final rule that also solicits public comments.
Abstract
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is rescinding its regulations implementing NEPA from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). In addition, this interim final rule requests comments on this action.
Why this matters
The ACHP rescission is another data point in a broad, coordinated federal retreat from agency-specific NEPA implementing regulations after the CEQ rules were withdrawn. Practically, it shifts environmental-review procedures from binding CFR text toward internal guidance, which can affect predictability of permitting timelines, litigation exposure, and how historic-preservation considerations interact with NEPA reviews across projects on federal or federally-assisted lands.