Archived Guidance

This guidance provided direction on incorporating the analysis of prime and unique farmlands in the preparation and review of environmental impact statements. The guidance identified for Federal agencies opportunities to analyze agricultural land impacts more effectively in the project planning process.

CEQ issued this memorandum to ensure that all Federal agencies actively consider designation of Federal and non-Federal cooperating agencies in the preparation of analyses and documentation required by the National Environmental Policy Act and ensure that Federal agencies actively participate as cooperating agencies.

CEQ developed this guidance to ensure consistent procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act for fuels reduction and fire-adapted ecosystem restoration projects, including development of a model environmental assessment for such projects.

CEQ issued this guidance to emphasize tools and practices available to meet the goal of high quality, efficient, and timely environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

NEPA Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change

Council on Environmental Quality Guidance on NEPA Analyses for Transboundary Impacts

This memorandum provided guidance to Federal agencies on how to carry out an evaluation of the impact of federally assisted projects on groundwater supplies.

This memorandum addressed Federal agency implementation of Executive Order 11988 on Floodplain Management and Executive Order 11990 on Protection of Wetlands.

This memorandum provided initial guidance for Federal agencies on developing agency implementing procedures to comply with the prior 1978 CEQ National Environmental Policy Act regulations.

This memorandum provided guidance to the Federal agencies on incorporating pollution prevention principles, techniques, and mechanisms into their planning and decision making processes and evaluating and reporting those efforts in documents prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act.