Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act

What it does

This interim final rule revises the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) procedures implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). TVA is taking this action in response to the amendments to NEPA enacted through the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, to reflect the Supreme Court's recent decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, and to align with Executive Order (E.O.) 14154, Unleashing American Energy, and the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) subsequent recission of its NEPA implementing regulations, which TVA's procedures were intended to supplement. This interim final rule requests comments on this action and TVA's intent to move its procedures at Subpart G, for compliance with E.O. 11988, Floodplain Management, and E.O. 11990, Protection of Wetlands, into a new part 1319 of the CFR, to inform TVA's decision-making.

The Tennessee Valley Authority's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

2 parts of Title 18 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

18 CFR 1318, 18 CFR 1319

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Tennessee Valley Authority has published 1 final rule in 2026 so far, compared with 0 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 3316-AA26 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

The interim final rule is effective January 21, 2026. Comments must be submitted no later than February 20, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 18 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register