part_subject: "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROCEDURES"
subpart_code: "A"
subpart_subject: "Overview and Applicability"
section_number: "1515.2"
section_subject: "About the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 1515.2"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Part 1060 to End"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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The Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ” or “the Council”) was created by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 through 4347). The Council's authority is primarily derived from that Act, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371-4374), Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977 (July 15, 1977), and Executive Order 11514, “Protection and Enhancement of Environmental Quality,” March 5, 1970, as amended by Executive Order 11991, May 24, 1977.