United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2025_register executive 2025-01-21 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1cf5fe38e D09002ee1cf5fe40d United States Council on Environmental Quality originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is finalizing its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations to incorporate amendments to the FOIA set forth in the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016; to conform to guidance for Federal agencies from the Department of Justice; to make them easier for the public to understand and use; and to better reflect CEQ's current policy and practice. These final regulations reaffirm CEQ's commitment to providing the fullest possible disclosure of records to the public. In addition, CEQ is amending its regulations implementing the Privacy Act of 1974 (the Privacy Act) to make them easier for the public to understand and use and to better reflect CEQ's current policy and practice. These final regulations also make administrative changes, including reorganizing, renumbering, and renaming the sections of CEQ's current FOIA and Privacy Act regulations. CEQ considered all of the public comments received on its proposed rule and made changes in response in this final rule. 90 FR 6828 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-01-21/2025-00960 2025-00960 fr21ja25-11 RIN 0331-AA02 3325-FA-P CEQ-2024-0001 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-01-21/2025-00960 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/html/2025-00960.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2025-00960.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedures Courts Freedom of Information Government Employees Records Privacy 12 p. 6828 6839 90 FR 6828 Title 40 Part 1515 40 CFR Part 1515 Title 40 Part 1516 40 CFR Part 1516 RIN 0331-AA02 Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Regulations; Federal Register Vol. 90, Issue RULE 2025-00960 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 2025-02-20 CEQ-2024-0001 3325-FA-P 2025-00960 Final rule.

The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is finalizing its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations to incorporate amendments to the FOIA set forth in the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016; to conform to guidance for Federal agencies from the Department of Justice; to make them easier for the public to understand and use; and to better reflect CEQ's current policy and practice. These final regulations reaffirm CEQ's commitment to providing the fullest possible disclosure of records to the public. In addition, CEQ is amending its regulations implementing the Privacy Act of 1974 (the Privacy Act) to make them easier for the public to understand and use and to better reflect CEQ's current policy and practice. These final regulations also make administrative changes, including reorganizing, renumbering, and renaming the sections of CEQ's current FOIA and Privacy Act regulations. CEQ considered all of the public comments received on its proposed rule and made changes in response in this final rule.

The effective date is February 20, 2025. Samuel Roth, Associate General Counsel, 202-395-5750, Samuel.E.Roth@ceq.eop.gov. Administrative Practice and Procedures Courts Freedom of Information Government Employees Records Privacy Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Regulations, efoia@ceq.eop.gov Samuel.E.Roth@ceq.eop.gov https://archives.gov/ogis https://www.foia.gov https://www.justice.gov/media/1212566/dl https://www.justice.gov/oip/oip-guidance/Adjudicating%20Administrative%20Appeals%20Under%20the%20FOIA https://www.justice.gov/oip/template-agency-foia-regulations https://www.oge.gov https://www.plainlanguage.gov/media/FederalPLGuidelines.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/foia/ www.regulations.gov Vol. 90, no. 12 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2025-01-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 884 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-01-21 P0b002ee1cf5fc18b 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21ja25 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-01-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/FR-2025-01-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/xml/FR-2025-01-21.xml fdlp 6777 7648 DGPO 2025-01-21 2025-01-21 FR-2025-01-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2025-01-21 90 12