3150-AK54 202410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3150 Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC Categorical Exclusions From Environmental Review [NRC-2018-0300]

This rulemaking would amend its regulations on categorical exclusions for licensing, regulatory, and administrative actions that individually or cumulatively do not have a significant effect on the human environment. The revisions would eliminate the preparation of environmental assessments for such NRC actions. The rule would not change any requirements for applicants or licensees. The NRC engaged with external stakeholders by publishing an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking and soliciting feedback through public meetings.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Long-Term Actions No No 10 CFR 51 42 U.S.C. 2201 42 U.S.C. 5841 No ANPRM 05/07/2021 86 FR 24514 ANPRM Comment Period End 07/21/2021 ANPRM Comment Period Reopened 08/23/2021 86 FR 47032 ANPRM Comment Period End 09/21/2021 NPRM 07/02/2024 89 FR 54727 NPRM Comment Period End 09/16/2024 Final Rule 04/00/2026 The NRC acknowledges recent amendments to the NEPA statute enacted in section 321 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Pub. L. 118-5, 137 Stat. 10). The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 added a new NEPA section 109, which includes a provision allowing agencies to adopt a categorical exclusion prepared by another agency, and NEPA now defines "categorical exclusion" in section 111(1). The NRC has not identified categorical exclusions prepared by other agencies that it would adopt under NEPA section 109, nor has the NRC identified any need to change its existing categorical exclusions or those proposed in this rule to address the new definition in NEPA section 111(1). No No None No No No No Gregory Trussell 3150 Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC 301 415-6445 gregory.trussell@nrc.gov Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Washington DC 20555-0001