The White House Council on Environmental Quality has issued revised guidelines for federal agencies to use in evaluating major infrastructure projects under the National Environmental Policy Act.

According to the White House statement, the guidance provides clarity to federal agencies establishing or revising their agency-specific NEPA implementing procedures in order to expedite and simplify the permitting process.

The guidance updates and replaces guidance issued earlier this year, building upon 2023 and 2025 amendments to NEPA passed by the United States Congress, and accounts for the United States Supreme Court's recent landmark decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County. On June 30, 2025, the first group of federal agencies updated their NEPA implementing procedures in consultation with CEQ. Those updates brought the agencies' NEPA procedures in line with the President's policies, the statute as amended by Congress, and the Supreme Court's ruling.