Twice a year the federal regulatory agencies release an updated “Unified Agenda” that describes and provides a timeline for their ongoing and future regulatory actions. The most recent agenda provides a glimpse of what the Biden Administration may focus on in the final months of that Administration, including finalizing greenhouse gas disclosures for federal contractors and reissuing nationwide permits for specific activities in/near waters of the United States. Read more for the highlights.
Securities and Exchange Commission
- Climate Change Disclosures – Final action: Mar. 6, 2024 – Rule on hold due to litigation
DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR)
- Disclosure of GHG Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk – Final delayed to Dec. 2024
Corps of Engineers
- Appendix C Procedures for the Protection of Historic Properties – Final Nov. 2024
- Reissuance of NWPs – Proposed rule: Dec. 2024
- NEPA implementation rules – Proposed rule: April 2025
- Section 401 Water Quality Certifications – Proposed rule: Sept. 2024
Fish and Wildlife Service
- Revised Policy: “Significant portion of its range” – Dec. 2024
- Migratory Bird Incidental Take Permit – Proposed rule: Dec. 2024
- Monarch Butterfly – Listing determination and critical habitat – Proposed rule: Dec. 2024
- Tricolored Bat – Final – July 2024
Environmental Protection Agency
- PFAS Requirements in NPDES Permit Applications – Proposed Rule: June 2025
- Recycling and Management of Renewable Energy Wastes: Universal Waste Regulations for Solar Panels and Lithium Batteries – Proposed Rule: June 2025
- National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Portland Cement Manufacturing Amendments – Proposed Rule: March 2025
- Reconsideration of the Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Post Abatement Clearance Levels – Final Rule: Sept. 2024
For more information, contact Melinda Tomaino at melinda.tomaino@agc.org.