CHAPTER 8 LIST OF CEQ NEPA GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
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LIST OF CEQ NEPA GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
former Associate Director for NEPA Oversight
Council on Environmental Quality
Washington, DC
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HORST G. GRECZMIEL retired from federal service after serving as the Council on Environmental Quality's Associate Director for NEPA for 17 years. At CEQ he was responsible for overseeing federal agency implementation of NEPA which included developing NEPA guidance and directives, approving agency NEPA implementing procedures, leading the CEQ NEPA Task Force, reporting to Congress on NEPA's implementation, and managing the NEPA planning component for several major initiatives. Prior to joining CEQ he served with the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Chief Counsel for 7 years and on active duty with the U.S. Army for over 14 years. At the Coast Guard he had responsibility for compliance and litigation issues related to NEPA and other environmental laws including the Endangered Species Act and National Historic Preservation Act. His service with the US Army included tours with the 101st, US Army Europe & 7th Army, and the US Army Headquarters' Environmental Law Division where he also served in the Office of the Deputy Secretary for Environment. He received his undergraduate degree from Lafayette College, his JD from Rutgers-Camden, and his LLM from George Washington University.
I. CEQ Guidance Documents
• Memorandum for Heads of Departments and Agencies: Final Guidance on the Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews, 1 August 2016 (Withdrawn 5 April 2017)
• Emergencies and the National Environmental Policy Act, 2016
• Memorandum for Heads of Departments and Agencies: Guidance on Effective Use of Programmatic NEPA Reviews, 18 December 2014
• CEQ & OMB Memorandum on Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution, 7 September 2012
• Memorandum for Heads of Federal Departments and Agencies: Improving the Process for Preparing Efficient and Timely Environmental Reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act, 6 March 2012
• Memorandum for Heads of Federal Departments and Agencies: Appropriate Use of Mitigation and Monitoring and Appropriate Use of Mitigated Findings of No Significant Impact, 14 January 2011
• Memorandum for Heads of Federal Departments and Agencies: Establishing, Applying, and Revising Categorical Exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act, 23 November 2010
• Memorandum for Heads of Federal Departments and Agencies: Emergencies and the National Environmental Policy Act, 12 May 2010
• Memorandum for Heads of Departments and Federal Agencies Reporting on NEPA Status for Activities and Projects Receiving American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding, 20 November 2009
o Attachment 1: ARRA Subsection 1609(c) NEPA Reporting Guidance
o Attachment 2: ARRA NEPA Spreadsheet
o Attachment 3: Protocol to Identify Pending NEPA Actions
o Attachment 4: Format to Report Benefits of the NEPA Action
• Memorandum for Heads of Departments and Federal Agencies: Reporting NEPA Status and Progress for Recovery Act Activities and Projects, 3 April 2009 (this replaced the 11 March 2009 Memorandum for Heads of Departments and Federal Agencies: Reporting NEPA Status and Progress for Recovery Act Activities and Projects; and is supplemented by the 20 November 2009 Memorandum for Heads of Departments and Federal Agencies Reporting on NEPA Status for Activities and Projects Receiving American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding).
• CEQ Exchange of Letters with Secretary of Energy: Application of NEPA Categorical Exclusions to the Auto Loan Program under section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, March 2009
• Memorandum for Heads of Departments and Federal Agencies: Department and Agency NEPA Contacts and Capacity, 12 February 2009
• CEQ, OSTP, OMB memo on National Environmental Status and Trends Indicators, June 2008
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• CEQ & OMB Memorandum on...
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