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B-332373 1 (2020-09-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebvd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-332373 September 8, 2020 The Honorable John Barrasso Chairman The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Ra0l M. Grijalva Chairman The Honorable Rob Bishop Ranking Member Committee on Natural Resources House of Representatives The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Chairman The Honorable Greg Walden Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Council on Environmental Quality: Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our amended report1 on a major rule promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) entitled Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (RIN: 0331-AA03). We received the rule on July 15, 2020. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on July 16, 2020. 85 Fed. Reg. 43304. The effective date of the rule is September 14, 2020. The final rule updates the regulations for federal agencies to implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. According to CEQ, these regulations have not been comprehensively updated since their promulgation in 1978. CEQ states the final rule comprehensively updates, modernizes, and clarifies the regulations to facilitate more efficient, effective, and timely NEPA reviews by federal agencies in connection with proposals for agency action. 1 Upon receipt of the additional documentation from the agency as described below, we are issuing this amended report to revise a statement in the original report dated July 31, 2020, that CEQ did not comply with the 60-day delay in effective date requirement of 5 U.S.C. § 801 (a)(3)(A).

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