# 2025-12464: FERC Dusts Off Rules by Ditching Dead Environmental Refs

2025-12464, Removal of References to the Council on Environmental Quality's Rescinded Regulations, is a Federal Register rule from Energy Department, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published 2025-07-03 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-12464
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-12464
- Title: Removal of References to the Council on Environmental Quality's Rescinded Regulations
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Energy Department; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Citation: 90 FR 29423
- Published: 2025-07-03
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

FERC Dusts Off Rules by Ditching Dead Environmental Refs

## Summary

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is updating its rules to remove mentions of old environmental guidelines that no longer exist. This change affects anyone working with energy projects and helps keep the rules clear and up-to-date. There’s no cost or deadline impact—just a smooth cleanup to make things easier for everyone.

## Abstract

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is issuing this final rule to revise its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act and its Rules of Practice and Procedure to remove reference to the Council on Environmental Quality's rescinded regulations.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2025-12464 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/03/2025-12464/removal-of-references-to-the-council-on-environmental-qualitys-rescinded-regulations)
- [2025-12464 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-03/pdf/2025-12464.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-12464 (as of 2026-06-08).