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Cooperating Agencies

Selected documents on the topic of Cooperating Agencies under NEPA.

  • December 23, 2004

    The purpose of this Council on Environmental Quality Memorandum is to establish a revised report to ensure that all Federal agencies are consistently reporting designation of Federal and non-federal cooperating agencies in the preparation of analyses and documentation required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

  • July 30, 2004

    The Council on Environmental Quality has established the Interagency Tribal NEPA Capacity Work Group in its continuing efforts to make the NEPA process more effective, efficient and timely. The Work Group seeks to enhance the knowledge, understanding and skills of federal agencies and American Indian tribes, Alaska Native entities and Native Hawaiian organizations and thereby enable them to work together more effectively throughout the NEPA process.

  • January 30, 2002

    The purpose of this Council on Environmental Quality Memorandum is to ensure that all Federal agencies are actively considering the designation of Federal and non-federal cooperating agencies in the preparation of analyses and documentation required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and to ensure that Federal agencies actively participate as cooperating agencies in other agency’s NEPA processes.

  • September 25, 2000

    The purpose of this Council on Environmental Quality Memorandum is to ensure that all federal and non-federal cooperating agencies are identified on the cover sheet of each Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared by your agency.

  • July 28, 1999

    This Council on Environmental Quality Memorandum (CEQ) urges agencies to more actively solicit the participation of state, tribal and local governments as cooperating agencies in implementing the environmental impact statement process. The Memorandum refers agencies to existing CEQ guidance on the types of actions and expertise that are relevant in determining appropriate cooperating agencies, and encourages agencies to document their expectations, roles, and responsibilities (including funding).

  • August 2, 1979

    These Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) procedures are designed to assist federal officials in complying with the President's directive to protect rivers in the Nationwide Inventory through the normal environmental analysis process.