---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 61.9"
title: "28"
number: "61.9"
heading: "Emergencies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/61.9"
---

# §61.9. Emergencies.


CEQ shall be consulted when emergency circumstances make it necessary to take a major federal action with significant environmental impact without following otherwise applicable procedural requirements under NEPA.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 5 U.S.C. 301; Executive Order No. 11991.

### Source

Source: Order No. 927-81, 46 FR 7953, Jan. 26, 1981, unless otherwise noted.