31Summary of the National Environmental Policy Act
State Department, then the proposing federal agency will conduct a limited
environmental analysis or forego NEPA altogether.
2.2.7 Council on Environmental Quality
Title II of NEPA addresses the administration of the Act, among other man-
dates, by establishing the CEQ. As described below, CEQ was not intended to
be a NEPA police or enforcement entity but more a resource for environmen-
tal information and coordination. When NEPA was enacted, one of the pri-
mary roles assigned to the CEQ was the responsibility of generating an annual
report on the environment, namely the environmental quality report. Initially
the annual report was primarily a “to do” list and subsequently evolved into
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