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The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is withdrawing its draft guidance on considering greenhouse gas emissions in line with President Biden's Executive Order 13990, which aims to protect public health and the environment. This rescission is part of a larger effort to update and align environmental policies with current climate goals. Although the draft guidance is withdrawn, agencies are encouraged to use available resources, including the 2016 guidance, when assessing the climate impact of their actions. The CEQ will later announce any updates to the previous guidance.

The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has updated the regulations for its Office of Environmental Quality Management Fund. These updates are intended to clarify the regulations' meanings, modernize them to align with CEQ's current practices, and remove outdated provisions. The regulations now include new definitions for key terms and improve the explanation of policies and procedures related to environmental projects and study contracts. CEQ has determined that these changes will not have a significant impact on small entities or require an environmental impact statement.

The President of the United States issued a memorandum establishing the order of succession for the position of Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality. If the Chairman cannot perform their duties, the roles will be filled in this order: Chief of Staff, General Counsel, Deputy General Counsels (in the order they were appointed), Senior Directors (also in their appointment order), and the Associate Director for the National Environmental Policy Act. However, individuals serving in these roles temporarily cannot act as Chairman based on this memorandum. The President retains the right to change the order if needed, and a previous memorandum from September 6, 2019, regarding succession is revoked by this document.