Timeline
Feb. 4, 2009 EPA issued a direct final rule to make corrections to amend its 2007 NEPA implementing procedures. The 2009 rule involved four minor, technical corrections to the rule to address some ambiguities in the 2007 final rule.
Sep. 19, 2007 EPA issued a final rule amending its procedures for implementing NEPA. Among other changes, the rule consolidated and standardized procedural provisions of the environmental review process, clarified the general procedures associated with categorical exclusions, consolidated and amended the list of actions that generally require an EIS, and incorporated revisions consistent with CEQ regulations.