Removal of Environmental Clearance Officer Review and Comment for Assessments for Projects Over 200 Lots/Dwelling Units or Beds

What it does

This interim final rule revises the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) environmental review regulations by removing HUD's requirement that Environmental Assessments for projects over 200 dwelling units or beds shall be sent to the Field Environmental Clearance Officer (FECO) or Program Environmental Clearance Officer (PECO) for review and comment. This revision aligns with recent executive actions directing efficiency for environmental permitting and streamlines processing times for these projects while meeting all other regulatory and statutory requirements for environmental review. This interim final rule also requests public comment on this regulatory change.

The Housing and Urban Development Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

24 CFR 50

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

Compared with

The Housing and Urban Development Department has published 9 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 10 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 2502-AJ82 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Effective date: June 22, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket HUD-2026-0661 on Regulations.gov
• Title 24 on eCFR

The record as published

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