---
kind: "section"
citation: "1 C.F.R. § 601.1"
title: "1"
number: "601.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/1/601.1"
---

# §601.1. Purpose.


This part establishes rules that supplement the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations that the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC or Commission) and its applicants shall follow to ensure:

- (a) Compliance with NEPA, as amended ([42 U.S.C. 4321](/usc/42/4321.md) et seq.) and CEQ regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts [1501](/cfr/40/part1501.md) through [1508](/cfr/40/part1508.md)).
- (b) Compliance with other laws, regulations, and Executive Orders identified by NCPC as applicable to a particular application.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4371; 40 CFR 1507.3

### Source

Source: 82 FR 45424, Sept. 29, 2017; 82 FR 48609, Oct. 19, 2017, unless otherwise noted.