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RIN: 1901-AA67

Publication ID: Fall 1996

Title: Amendments to NEPA Regulations
Abstract: The Department is proposing to amend its NEPA regulations (10 CFR 1021) to streamline the NEPA process and make it more useful to decision makers and the public, and to reflect the changing missions of the Department. The most significant amendments include: (1) eliminating the requirement to prepare an environmental impact statement implementation plan; (2) streamlining the requirements for publication of record of decision and the format of findings of no significant impact; and (3) adding 17 new categorical exclusions and modifying or clarifying 27 existing categorical exclusions.
Agency: Department of Energy(DOE)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 1021
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7254 42 USC 4321 et seq

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	02/20/1996	61 FR 6414
NPRM Comment Period End	04/05/1996
Final Action	07/09/1996	61 FR 36222
Final Action Effective	08/08/1996

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: John Pulliam Project Leader (EH-422) Department of Energy Departmental and Others Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585-0119 Phone:202 586-4597