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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 186 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate Federal and State |
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| 6 | 6 | | permitting processes related to the construction of new surface water |
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| 7 | 7 | | storage projects on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of |
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| 8 | 8 | | the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and to designate the Bureau |
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| 9 | 9 | | of Reclamation as the lead agency for permit processing, and for other |
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| 10 | 10 | | purposes. |
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| 11 | 11 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 12 | 12 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. M |
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| 14 | 14 | | CCLINTOCK(for himself, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. STAUBER, and Mr. |
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| 15 | 15 | | V |
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| 16 | 16 | | ALADAO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 17 | 17 | | mittee on Natural Resources |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate |
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| 20 | 20 | | Federal and State permitting processes related to the |
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| 21 | 21 | | construction of new surface water storage projects on |
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| 22 | 22 | | lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Inte- |
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| 23 | 23 | | rior and the Secretary of Agriculture and to designate |
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| 24 | 24 | | the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for permit |
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| 25 | 25 | | processing, and for other purposes. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Supply Permit-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ting Coordination Act’’. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | In this Act: 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) B |
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| 37 | 37 | | UREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Bureau of Reclamation. 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) C |
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| 40 | 40 | | OOPERATING AGENCIES .—The term ‘‘co-8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | operating agency’’ means a Federal agency with ju-9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | risdiction over a review, analysis, opinion, statement, 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | permit, license, or other approval or decision re-11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | quired for a qualifying project under applicable Fed-12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | eral laws and regulations, or a State agency subject 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | to section 3(c). 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) Q |
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| 48 | 48 | | UALIFYING PROJECTS.—The term ‘‘quali-15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | fying projects’’ means new surface water storage 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | projects in the States covered under the Act of June 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (43 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | U.S.C. 371 et seq.) constructed on lands adminis-20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | tered by the Department of the Interior or the De-21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | partment of Agriculture, exclusive of any easement, 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | right-of-way, lease, or any private holding, unless the 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | project applicant elects not to participate in the 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | process authorized by this Act. Such term shall also 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | include State-led projects (as defined in section 26 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 4007(a)(2) of the WIIN Act) for new surface water 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | storage projects in the States covered under the Act 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.) constructed on lands admin-5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | istered by the Department of the Interior or the De-6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | partment of Agriculture, exclusive of any easement, 7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | right-of-way, lease, or any private holding, unless the 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | project applicant elects not to participate in the 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | process authorized by this Act. 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (4) S |
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| 74 | 74 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 11 |
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| 75 | 75 | | the Secretary of the Interior. 12 |
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| 76 | 76 | | SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF LEAD AGENCY AND COOPER-13 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ATING AGENCIES. 14 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (a) E |
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| 79 | 79 | | STABLISHMENT OF LEADAGENCY.—The Bu-15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | reau is established as the lead agency for purposes of co-16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ordinating all reviews, analyses, opinions, statements, per-17 |
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| 82 | 82 | | mits, licenses, or other approvals or decisions required 18 |
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| 83 | 83 | | under Federal law to construct qualifying projects. 19 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (b) I |
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| 85 | 85 | | DENTIFICATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CO-20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | OPERATINGAGENCIES.—The Commissioner of the Bureau 21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | shall— 22 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (1) identify, as early as practicable upon receipt 23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | of an application for a qualifying project, any Fed-24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | eral agency that may have jurisdiction over a review, 25 |
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| 94 | 94 | | analysis, opinion, statement, permit, license, ap-1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | proval, or decision required for a qualifying project 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | under applicable Federal laws and regulations; and 3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (2) notify any such agency, within a reasonable 4 |
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| 98 | 98 | | timeframe, that the agency has been designated as 5 |
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| 99 | 99 | | a cooperating agency in regards to the qualifying 6 |
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| 100 | 100 | | project unless that agency responds to the Bureau in 7 |
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| 101 | 101 | | writing, within a timeframe set forth by the Bureau, 8 |
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| 102 | 102 | | notifying the Bureau that the agency— 9 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (A) has no jurisdiction or authority with 10 |
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| 104 | 104 | | respect to the qualifying project; 11 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (B) has no expertise or information rel-12 |
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| 106 | 106 | | evant to the qualifying project or any review, 13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | analysis, opinion, statement, permit, license, or 14 |
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| 108 | 108 | | other approval or decision associated therewith; 15 |
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| 109 | 109 | | or 16 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (C) does not intend to submit comments 17 |
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| 111 | 111 | | on the qualifying project or conduct any review 18 |
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| 112 | 112 | | of such a project or make any decision with re-19 |
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| 113 | 113 | | spect to such project in a manner other than in 20 |
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| 114 | 114 | | cooperation with the Bureau. 21 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (c) S |
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| 116 | 116 | | TATEAUTHORITY.—A State in which a quali-22 |
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| 117 | 117 | | fying project is being considered may choose, consistent 23 |
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| 118 | 118 | | with State law— 24 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (1) to participate as a cooperating agency; and 25 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (2) to make subject to the processes of this Act 1 |
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| 124 | 124 | | all State agencies that— 2 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (A) have jurisdiction over the qualifying 3 |
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| 126 | 126 | | project; 4 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (B) are required to conduct or issue a re-5 |
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| 128 | 128 | | view, analysis, or opinion for the qualifying 6 |
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| 129 | 129 | | project; or 7 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (C) are required to make a determination 8 |
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| 131 | 131 | | on issuing a permit, license, or approval for the 9 |
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| 132 | 132 | | qualifying project. 10 |
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| 133 | 133 | | SEC. 4. BUREAU RESPONSIBILITIES. 11 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (a) I |
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| 135 | 135 | | NGENERAL.—The principal responsibilities of 12 |
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| 136 | 136 | | the Bureau under this Act are— 13 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (1) to serve as the point of contact for appli-14 |
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| 138 | 138 | | cants, State agencies, Indian tribes, and others re-15 |
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| 139 | 139 | | garding proposed qualifying projects; 16 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (2) to coordinate preparation of unified environ-17 |
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| 141 | 141 | | mental documentation that will serve as the basis for 18 |
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| 142 | 142 | | all Federal decisions necessary to authorize the use 19 |
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| 143 | 143 | | of Federal lands for qualifying projects; and 20 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (3) to coordinate all Federal agency reviews 21 |
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| 145 | 145 | | necessary for project development and construction 22 |
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| 146 | 146 | | of qualifying projects. 23 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (b) C |
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| 148 | 148 | | OORDINATION PROCESS.—The Bureau shall 24 |
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| 149 | 149 | | have the following coordination responsibilities: 25 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (1) PREAPPLICATION COORDINATION .—Notify 1 |
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| 154 | 154 | | cooperating agencies of proposed qualifying projects 2 |
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| 155 | 155 | | not later than 30 days after receipt of a proposal 3 |
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| 156 | 156 | | and facilitate a preapplication meeting for prospec-4 |
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| 157 | 157 | | tive applicants, relevant Federal and State agencies, 5 |
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| 158 | 158 | | and Indian tribes— 6 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (A) to explain applicable processes, data 7 |
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| 160 | 160 | | requirements, and applicant submissions nec-8 |
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| 161 | 161 | | essary to complete the required Federal agency 9 |
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| 162 | 162 | | reviews within the timeframe established; and 10 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (B) to establish the schedule for the quali-11 |
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| 164 | 164 | | fying project. 12 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (2) C |
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| 166 | 166 | | ONSULTATION WITH COOPERATING AGEN -13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | CIES.—Consult with the cooperating agencies 14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | throughout the Federal agency review process, iden-15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | tify and obtain relevant data in a timely manner, 16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | and set necessary deadlines for cooperating agencies. 17 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (3) S |
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| 172 | 172 | | CHEDULE.—Work with the qualifying 18 |
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| 173 | 173 | | project applicant and cooperating agencies to estab-19 |
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| 174 | 174 | | lish a project schedule. In establishing the schedule, 20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | the Bureau shall consider, among other factors— 21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (A) the responsibilities of cooperating 22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | agencies under applicable laws and regulations; 23 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (B) the resources available to the cooper-1 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ating agencies and the non-Federal qualifying 2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | project sponsor, as applicable; 3 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (C) the overall size and complexity of the 4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | qualifying project; 5 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (D) the overall schedule for and cost of the 6 |
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| 187 | 187 | | qualifying project; and 7 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (E) the sensitivity of the natural and his-8 |
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| 189 | 189 | | toric resources that may be affected by the 9 |
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| 190 | 190 | | qualifying project. 10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (4) E |
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| 192 | 192 | | NVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE .—Prepare a 11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | unified environmental review document for each 12 |
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| 194 | 194 | | qualifying project application, incorporating a single 13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | environmental record on which all cooperating agen-14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | cies with authority to issue approvals for a given 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | qualifying project shall base project approval deci-16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | sions. Help ensure that cooperating agencies make 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | necessary decisions, within their respective authori-18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ties, regarding Federal approvals in accordance with 19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | the following timelines: 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (A) Not later than 1 year after acceptance 21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | of a completed project application when an en-22 |
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| 204 | 204 | | vironmental assessment and finding of no sig-23 |
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| 205 | 205 | | nificant impact is determined to be the appro-24 |
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| 206 | 206 | | priate level of review under the National Envi-25 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 1 |
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| 211 | 211 | | et seq.). 2 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (B) Not later than 1 year and 30 days 3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | after the close of the public comment period for 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | a draft environmental impact statement under 5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), when an environ-7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | mental impact statement is required under the 8 |
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| 218 | 218 | | same. 9 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (5) C |
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| 220 | 220 | | ONSOLIDATED ADMINISTRATIVE 10 |
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| 221 | 221 | | RECORD.—Maintain a consolidated administrative 11 |
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| 222 | 222 | | record of the information assembled and used by the 12 |
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| 223 | 223 | | cooperating agencies as the basis for agency deci-13 |
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| 224 | 224 | | sions. 14 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (6) P |
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| 226 | 226 | | ROJECT DATA RECORDS .—To the extent 15 |
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| 227 | 227 | | practicable and consistent with Federal law, ensure 16 |
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| 228 | 228 | | that all project data is submitted and maintained in 17 |
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| 229 | 229 | | generally accessible electronic format, compile, and 18 |
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| 230 | 230 | | where authorized under existing law, make available 19 |
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| 231 | 231 | | such project data to cooperating agencies, the quali-20 |
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| 232 | 232 | | fying project applicant, and to the public. 21 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (7) P |
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| 234 | 234 | | ROJECT MANAGER .—Appoint a project 22 |
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| 235 | 235 | | manager for each qualifying project. The project 23 |
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| 236 | 236 | | manager shall have authority to oversee the project 24 |
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| 237 | 237 | | and to facilitate the issuance of the relevant final 25 |
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| 241 | 241 | | authorizing documents, and shall be responsible for 1 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ensuring fulfillment of all Bureau responsibilities set 2 |
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| 243 | 243 | | forth in this section and all cooperating agency re-3 |
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| 244 | 244 | | sponsibilities under section 5. 4 |
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| 245 | 245 | | SEC. 5. COOPERATING AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES. 5 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (a) A |
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| 247 | 247 | | DHERENCE TOBUREAUSCHEDULE.— 6 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (1) T |
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| 249 | 249 | | IMEFRAMES.—On notification of an appli-7 |
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| 250 | 250 | | cation for a qualifying project, the head of each co-8 |
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| 251 | 251 | | operating agency shall submit to the Bureau a time-9 |
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| 252 | 252 | | frame under which the cooperating agency reason-10 |
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| 253 | 253 | | ably will be able to complete the authorizing respon-11 |
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| 254 | 254 | | sibilities of the cooperating agency. 12 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (2) S |
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| 256 | 256 | | CHEDULE.— 13 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (A) U |
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| 258 | 258 | | SE OF TIMEFRAMES .—The Bureau 14 |
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| 259 | 259 | | shall use the timeframes submitted under this 15 |
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| 260 | 260 | | subsection to establish the project schedule 16 |
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| 261 | 261 | | under section 4. 17 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (B) A |
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| 263 | 263 | | DHERENCE.—Each cooperating agen-18 |
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| 264 | 264 | | cy shall adhere to the project schedule estab-19 |
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| 265 | 265 | | lished by the Bureau under subparagraph (A). 20 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (b) E |
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| 267 | 267 | | NVIRONMENTAL RECORD.—The head of each 21 |
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| 268 | 268 | | cooperating agency shall submit to the Bureau all environ-22 |
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| 269 | 269 | | mental review material produced or compiled in the course 23 |
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| 270 | 270 | | of carrying out activities required under Federal law, con-24 |
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| 274 | 274 | | sistent with the project schedule established by the Bureau 1 |
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| 275 | 275 | | under subsection (a)(2). 2 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (c) D |
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| 277 | 277 | | ATASUBMISSION.—To the extent practicable 3 |
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| 278 | 278 | | and consistent with Federal law, the head of each cooper-4 |
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| 279 | 279 | | ating agency shall submit all relevant project data to the 5 |
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| 280 | 280 | | Bureau in a generally accessible electronic format, subject 6 |
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| 281 | 281 | | to the project schedule established by the Bureau under 7 |
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| 282 | 282 | | subsection (a)(2). 8 |
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| 283 | 283 | | SEC. 6. FUNDING TO PROCESS PERMITS. 9 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (a) I |
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| 285 | 285 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary, after public notice 10 |
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| 286 | 286 | | in accordance with subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 11 |
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| 287 | 287 | | 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 12 |
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| 288 | 288 | | ‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’), may accept and expend 13 |
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| 289 | 289 | | funds contributed by a non-Federal public entity to expe-14 |
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| 290 | 290 | | dite the evaluation of a permit of that entity related to 15 |
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| 291 | 291 | | a qualifying project. 16 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (b) E |
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| 293 | 293 | | FFECT ONPERMITTING.— 17 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (1) E |
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| 295 | 295 | | VALUATION OF PERMITS .—In carrying out 18 |
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| 296 | 296 | | this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the eval-19 |
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| 297 | 297 | | uation of permits carried out using funds accepted 20 |
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| 298 | 298 | | under this section shall— 21 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (A) be reviewed by the Regional Director 22 |
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| 300 | 300 | | of the Bureau of the region in which the quali-23 |
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| 301 | 301 | | fying project or activity is located (or a des-24 |
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| 302 | 302 | | ignee); and 25 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (B) use the same procedures for decisions 1 |
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| 307 | 307 | | that would otherwise be required for the evalua-2 |
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| 308 | 308 | | tion of permits for similar projects or activities 3 |
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| 309 | 309 | | not carried out using funds authorized under 4 |
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| 310 | 310 | | this section. 5 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (2) I |
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| 312 | 312 | | MPARTIAL DECISION MAKING .—In carrying 6 |
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| 313 | 313 | | out this section, the Secretary and the head of each 7 |
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| 314 | 314 | | cooperating agency receiving funds under this sec-8 |
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| 315 | 315 | | tion for a qualifying project shall ensure that the use 9 |
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| 316 | 316 | | of the funds accepted under this section for the 10 |
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| 317 | 317 | | qualifying project shall not— 11 |
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| 318 | 318 | | (A) substantively or procedurally impact 12 |
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| 319 | 319 | | impartial decision making with respect to the 13 |
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| 320 | 320 | | issuance of permits; or 14 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (B) diminish, modify, or otherwise affect 15 |
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| 322 | 322 | | the statutory or regulatory authorities of the 16 |
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| 323 | 323 | | cooperating agency. 17 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (c) L |
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| 325 | 325 | | IMITATION ONUSE OFFUNDS.—None of the 18 |
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| 326 | 326 | | funds accepted under this section shall be used to carry 19 |
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| 327 | 327 | | out a review of the evaluation of permits required under 20 |
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| 328 | 328 | | subsection (b)(1)(A). 21 |
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| 330 | 330 | | UBLICAVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall en-22 |
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