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Title of Listing:
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
Category:
Federal/National - Agencies
Subcategory:
Other Government, All Listings
Date:
Document #:
Web Site:
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/
Email:
Abstract:

Congress first established the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) within the Executive Office of the President as part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. Additional responsibilities were provided by the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970. The Council is headed by a Chair who is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Council develops and recommends national policies to the President that further environmental quality; performs a continuing analysis of changes in the national environment; and conducts studies, research, and analyses relating to the ecological systems and environmental quality. In this effort, the Administration is developing new partnerships with industry, landowners and the states to provide more flexibility for the regulated community in return for better environmental results.

          Specific functions of CEQ include the following:

          Advise and assist the President in the development of environmental policies and proposed legislation as requested by the President;
          Advise the President on national and international policies relating to the environment;
          Identify, assess, and report on trends in environmental quality and recommend appropriate response strategies;
          Oversee federal agency implementation of the environmental impact assessment process and act as a referee for interagency disputes regarding the adequacy of such assessments;
          Report annually to the President on the state of the environment through preparation of the annual Environmental Quality Report;
          Provide general support and leadership to the coordination of activities of the federal departments and agencies which affect, protect, and improve environmental quality;
          Support and participate in the government-wide effort to reinvent environmental regulation;
          Interpret NEPA and the CEQ regulations in response to requests from federal, state and local agencies and citizens, and;
          Approve agency NEPA procedures and issue guidance to address systemic problems.
Topics
NEPA/EAs/EISs

Additional Topics/Tags/Keywords
Quality, Environment, Ecology, NEPA, Policies, Assessment

Organization:
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
Address:
Old Executive Office Building
Room 360
Phone:
DescriptionNumber
City:
Washington
1.
Primary (202) 456-6224
State/Province/Territory:
DC
2.
Zip/Postal Code:
20502
3.
Country:
United States
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Fax:
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