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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
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            <NAME>Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>FERC</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Expansion of Categorical Exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act to Include Certain Terminations or Revocations of Water Power Licenses and Exemptions </RULE_TITLE>
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<p>The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to amend section 380.4 of its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to expand an existing Categorical Exclusion (CE). A CE describes a category of actions that a Federal agency has determined normally does not significantly affect the quality of the human environment, absent extraordinary circumstances, and so does not trigger NEPA's requirement to prepare an environmental document. The proposed revision would add a category of actions to an existing CE to include terminations or revocations of water power licenses and exemptions that will result in minor or no ground disturbing activity and minor or no changes in reservoir conditions and downstream flows (Docket No. RM26-7-000).</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Deregulatory</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
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            <CFR>18 CFR 380</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 U.S.C. 825h</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/24/2026</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>91 FR 8799</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/26/2026</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Next Action Undetermined</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/00/2026</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>YES</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>Yes</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Thomas</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Chandler</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Legal Information, Office of the General Counsel </TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1902</CODE>
                    <NAME>Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FERC</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 502-6699</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>thomas.chandler@ferc.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>888 First Street NE,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20426</ZIP>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>CarLisa</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Linton</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Technical Information, Office of Energy Projects </TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1902</CODE>
                    <NAME>Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FERC</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 502-8416</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>carlisa.linton@ferc.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>888 First Street NE,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20426</ZIP>
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