12. Department of Energy and Related Commissions · Notable
Limit FERC's NEPA analysis to the pipeline itself, not upstream or downstream
Printed page 407 12. Department of Energy and Related Commissions
“Limit its NEPA analysis to the impacts of the actual pipeline itself, not indirect upstream and downstream effects.”
What has happened
- Not started
No FERC rule, order or policy statement limiting its NEPA analysis of natural gas pipelines to the pipeline itself and excluding indirect upstream and downstream effects was found. FERC continued to prepare supplemental environmental impact statements covering the broader effects for LNG and pipeline projects through 2025 and 2026.
No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
Covered by the negative search run once for all the FERC pipeline asks: the Federal Register records we searched hold no FERC NEPA rulemaking in the window other than a categorical exclusion for terminations of water power licenses, which is a hydropower matter.
Government-wide context, not Evidence for this ask: CEQ removed its NEPA implementing regulations in 2025 and EO 14154 section 6 disbanded the interagency working group on the social cost of greenhouse gases and withdrew its estimates. FERC is an independent commission and no FERC implementation of either was found.
FERC orders are not published in the Federal Register, and ferc.gov would not open for us, so any Commission order after the notices cited could not be read.
- Action
- restrict
- Object
- FERC NEPA review of natural gas pipelines
- ID
- 1036