Rule2025-13251
Procedures for Implementing NEPA; Processing of Department of the Army Permits
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Published
July 15, 2025
Effective
July 15, 2025
Issuing agencies
Defense DepartmentEngineers Corps
Abstract
The Army is issuing this document to correct the interim final rule published on July 3, 2025. That document inadvertently provided inaccurate instruction with regard to paragraph (a) of Sec. 325.2. This document corrects the interim final rule.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 15, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 31593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13251]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
33 CFR Part 325
[Docket ID: COE-2025-0006]
RIN 0710-AB20
Procedures for Implementing NEPA; Processing of Department of the
Army Permits
AGENCY: Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: The Army is issuing this document to correct the interim final
rule published on July 3, 2025. That document inadvertently provided
inaccurate instruction with regard to paragraph (a) of Sec. 325.2.
This document corrects the interim final rule.
DATES: Effective on July 15, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Milt Boyd, telephone: 703-459-
6026, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#db989e938af6959e8b9a9baea8bab8bef5baa9b6a2f5b6b2b7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fab9bfb2abd7b4bfaabbba8f899b999fd49b889783d4979396">[email protected]</span></a>. Include the docket number, COE-
2025-0006, in the subject line of the message.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 3, 2025, the Army published an
interim final rule that removed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(Corps) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing
regulations, used for evaluating permit applications, which were
promulgated to supplement now-rescinded Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) regulations, and replaced them with a new regulation that
also addresses requests for permission under Section 14 of the Rivers
and Harbors Act of 1899. Further, the Army also made conforming changes
to its regulations to eliminate references to Appendix B and other NEPA
implementation regulations. In addition, this interim final rule
requested comments on this action and related matters to inform Army's
decision making by August 4, 2025, and stated that the Army may make
further revisions to its NEPA implementing procedures if the Army's
review of any comments submitted suggests that further revisions are
warranted.
Shortly after publication, the Office of the Federal Register
indicated that inaccurate instruction was provided in the interim final
rule with regard to paragraph (a) of Sec. 325.2. This document serves
to correct the interim final rule.
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 325
Administrative practice and procedure, Dams, Environmental
protection, Intergovernmental relations, Navigation, Water pollution
control, Waterways.
Accordingly, 33 CFR part 325 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendment:
PART 325--PROCESSING OF DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY PERMITS
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1. The authority citation for part 325 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.: 33 U.S.C. 1344;
33 U.S.C. 1413.
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2. Amend Sec. 325.2 by revising paragraph (a)(4) to read as follows:
Sec. 325.2 Processing of applications.
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(4) The district engineer will follow 33 CFR part 333 for
environmental procedures and documentation required by the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. A decision on a permit
application will require either an environmental assessment or an
environmental impact statement unless it is included within a
categorical exclusion.
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Approved by:
D. Lee Forsgren,
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).
[FR Doc. 2025-13251 Filed 7-14-25; 8:45 am]
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