Policy and licensing / United States (federal)
Proposed revisions to NRC implementation of NEPA
NRC proposed changes to its NEPA environmental-review procedures on 7 July 2026, with comments due 21 August. Proposed changes concern review scope, procedures, categorical exclusions and draft guidance. The notice establishes no final rule or effective date and grants no project exemption, construction permit or operating authority.
- Category
- Bills, proposed rules and consultations
- Status
- Proposed — not in effect
- Instrument
- proposed rule · 91 FR 42086, FR Doc. 2026-13687, docket NRC-2025-0478, RIN 3150-AL38
- Issued by
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal)
- Affects
- NRC licensing, Environmental review
- Effective date
- Not recorded
- Expiry or completion
- None recorded
- Operative text
- NRC: proposed NEPA implementation revisions (Proposed rule and draft NUREG-2270)
- Record reviewed · next review
- 2026-10-17 · 2027-01-15 (dates our review of this record; not a statement of the measure's present legal effect)
Legal and geographic scope
Proposed NRC environmental-review revisions across 10 CFR Parts 2, 30, 40, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 61, 70, 72, 76 and 110, with draft NUREG-2270. No project-specific exemption, environmental decision or construction permission is established.
Not approved or still pending
The opened notice is a proposal, not an effective final rule or completed project review. The 21 August 2026 comment deadline it sets is in the past. No later extension notice was reviewed here. Project applicability needs its own assessment.
Dated lifecycle
- 7 Jul 2026 · actual · day · Proposed (NRC: proposed NEPA implementation revisions)
Related instruments
Projects or designs named by the source
- None. Location in this jurisdiction does not make a project eligible for, or approved under, this measure.
Sources
- NRC: proposed NEPA implementation revisions (government_primary, published 7 Jul 2026, accessed 2026-10-17)