3.0.0 4293 2023-01-11T13:26:48Z 2023-01-11T13:26:48Z House H HR 2014-03-25 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CRAMER:H.R. 4293.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of Congress to make Rules and Regulationsrespecting the Territory or other Property belonging to theUnited States, as enumerated in Article 4, Section 3, Clause2, of the United States Constitution.[Page H2644]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Hearings by 2014-06-20T20:19:49Z Referred to 2014-03-27T18:42:46Z hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2014-03-27T18:43:01Z Referred to 2014-03-25T14:00:32Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2014-04-01T17:39:09Z Referred to 2014-03-25T14:00:37Z North Atlantic Energy Security Act 113 2592 S 2014-07-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4646-4647) Related bill CRS Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act 113 2112 S 2014-03-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Identical bill CRS 2014-06-20 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2014-04-01 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. Committee 2014-03-27 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. Committee 2014-03-27 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2014-03-25 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2014-03-25 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2014-03-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-03-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001096 Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large] Kevin Cramer R ND N L000571 Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 0 2014-03-25 True Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Government studies and investigations Indian lands and resources rights Land use and conservation Licensing and registrations Oil and gas Parks, recreation areas, trails Pipelines Energy 00 2014-03-25 Introduced in House 2014-04-30T18:41:23Z Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to permit the use of rights of way for natural gas pipelines through public lands, forest, and other reservations of the United States, and specified national parks in California.

Defines "gas gathering line and associated field compression unit" as: (1) a pipeline installed to transport natural gas production associated with one or more wells drilled and completed to produce crude oil; and (2) if necessary, a compressor to raise the pressure of that transported natural gas to higher pressures suitable to enable the gas to flow into pipelines and other facilities.

Excludes from such definition any pipeline or compression unit installed to transport natural gas from a processing plant to a common carrier pipeline or facility.

Excludes from federal lands, for purposes of gas gathering line and associated field compression units, any unit of the National Park System, any unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System, or a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Deems the issuance of a sundry notice or right-of-way for a gas gathering line and associated field compression unit located on federal or Indian land and servicing an oil well to be an action categorically excluded for purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), if the line and the compression unit: (1) are within a field or unit for which an approved land use plan or an environmental document prepared pursuant to NEPA analyzed transportation of natural gas produced from one or more oil wells in that field or unit as a reasonably foreseeable activity, and (2) are located adjacent to an existing disturbed area for the construction of a road or pad.

(A "categorical exclusion" is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency in implementing environmental regulations and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.)

Declares such categorical exclusion inapplicable if the governor of the state or the Indian tribe with jurisdiction requests in writing that it be waived.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary to study permissible actions or proposed changes to federal law which would expedite permitting for gas gathering lines and associated field compression units on federal or Indian land to transport natural gas associated with crude oil production, on any land, to a processing plant or a common carrier pipeline for delivery to markets.

Amends the Mineral Leasing Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to direct the appropriate agency head to issue a sundry notice or right-of-way for a gas gathering line and associated field compression unit located on federal or public lands: (1) within 30 days after receiving the request for a line and compression unit described in this Act, and (2) within 60 days after receiving a request for all other lines and compression units.

]]> Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act Display Title Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act Official Title as Introduced To authorize the approval of natural gas pipelines and establish deadlines and expedite permits for certain natural gas gathering lines on Federal land and Indian land. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act Introduced in House 2014-03-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4293ih/xml/BILLS-113hr4293ih.xml 2014-06-20 Subcommittee Hearings Held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.