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Permitting Reform-Environmental Review Process
The Surface Transportation Board published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on March 25, 2026. Comments closed on April 24, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Surface Transportation Board (Board) proposes to clarify, update, and streamline its existing environmental regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and to add delegations of authority related to environmental review. The Board is taking this action to conform its regulations to current practices and changes in the law and to support government-wide consistency in the NEPA process to the extent practicable and in accordance with Board authorities. Among those changes are the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) rescission of its NEPA implementing regulations, the 2023 and 2025 amendments to NEPA, changes to other relevant statutes, executive orders, and case law relating to the implementation of NEPA, including recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent. These revisions will also ensure the development and continuance of a sound rail transportation system and reduce regulatory barriers to entry into and exit from the rail industry. The Board asks for comments on the proposed changes.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-05791
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments
- Agency
- Surface Transportation Board
- Published
- March 25, 2026
- Comments due
- April 24, 2026
- Dates
- Comments on the proposed regulations are due by April 24, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. EP 779
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 1011; 49 CFR 1105
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Authority delegations (Government agencies); Environmental impact statements; Organization and functions (Government agencies); Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 22
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