The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued guidance on how federal departments and agencies can establish, revise, adopt, and apply categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The guidance aims to reduce permitting burdens for infrastructure projects and support the administration’s deregulatory agenda. CEQ Chair Katherine Scarlett said the guidance would prevent permits from taking longer than construction and would focus analysis where it is truly needed. The guidance incorporates the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 amendments and follows CEQ’s repeal of its NEPA implementing regulations. It also introduces technology tools, including the Categorical Exclusion Explorer database and the CE Works platform, to digitize the categorical exclusion process.
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