COMSECY-25-0007, SRM-COMSECY-25-0007: Withdrawing the Environmental Justice Policy Statement and Environmental Justice Strategy
| ML25100A106 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 04/10/2025 |
| From: | Carrie Safford NRC/SECY |
| To: | Brooke Clark NRC/OGC |
| References | |
| COMSECY-25-0007 SRM-COMSECY-25-0007 | |
| Download: ML25100A106 (1) | |
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April 10, 2025 MEMORANDUM TO:
Brooke Poole Clark General Counsel FROM:
Carrie M. Safford, Secretary
SUBJECT:
STAFF REQUIREMENTS - COMSECY-25-0007 -
WITHDRAWING THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POLICY STATEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STRATEGY In order to comply with recent Executive Orders,1 the Commission has approved publication of a notice in the Federal Register withdrawing the NRCs Policy Statement on the Treatment of Environmental Justice Matters in NRC Regulatory and Licensing Actions (EJ Policy Statement) and the Commissions Environmental Justice Strategy (EJ Strategy). The Commission directs the staff to take a comprehensive review of the NRCs environmental regulations, guidance, and training materials to remove references to Environmental Justice (EJ) and provide a rulemaking plan to the Commission, if the staff identifies a need for rulemaking to remove EJ references in NRC regulations, within four months. The Commission also directs the staff to refrain from explicitly addressing EJ in its reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and ensure that those reviews fully comply with the requirements of NEPA.
cc: Chairman Wright Commissioner Caputo Commissioner Hanson Commissioner Crowell Commissioner Marzano OGC CFO OCA 1 Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions, Exec. Order No. 14148, 90 Fed. Reg. 8237(Jan. 20,2025); Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity, Exec. Order No. 14173, 90 Fed. Reg. 8633 (Jan. 21, 2025); Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, Exec. Order No. 14151, 90 Fed. Reg. 8339 (Jan. 21, 2025).
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HI EG NGTON D C ULATORY CO 20555 0001 MMISSION CARRIE SAFFORD Digitally signed by CARRIE SAFFORD Date: 2025.04.10 12:42:38 -04'00'