II Calendar No. 23 112th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 706 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 31, 2011 Mr. Vitter (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Coats, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Lee, Mr. Moran, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time April 4, 2011 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To stimulate the economy, produce domestic energy, and create jobs at no cost to the taxpayers, and without borrowing money from foreign governments for which our children and grandchildren will be responsible, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title; table of contents
(a)
Short title
This Act may be cited as the 3-D, Domestic Jobs, Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011. (b)
Table of contents
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Outer Continental Shelf leasing Sec. 101. Leasing program considered approved. Sec. 102. Lease sales. Sec. 103. Applications for permits to drill. Sec. 104. Lease sales for certain areas. TITLE II—Leasing program for land within Coastal Plain Sec. 201. Definitions. Sec. 202. Leasing program for land within the Coastal Plain. Sec. 203. Lease sales. Sec. 204. Grant of leases by the Secretary. Sec. 205. Lease terms and conditions. Sec. 206. Coastal plain environmental protection. Sec. 207. Expedited judicial review. Sec. 208. Rights-of-way across the Coastal plain. Sec. 209. Conveyance. Sec. 210. ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund. TITLE III—Regulatory streamlining Sec. 301. Commercial leasing program for oil shale resources on public land. Sec. 302. Jurisdiction over covered energy projects. Sec. 303. Environmental impact statements. Sec. 304. Clean air regulation. Sec. 305. Employment effects of actions under Clean Air Act. Sec. 306. Endangered species. Sec. 307. Reissuance of permits and leases. Sec. 308. Central Valley Project. Sec. 309. Keystone XL pipeline. Sec. 310. Beaufort Sea oil drilling project. Sec. 311. Environmental legal fees.
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Outer Continental Shelf leasing</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7DBBBBD74EF4D828E01E0F3F5C62F79" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leasing program considered approved</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6939C62465454732A21586918372CE2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010–2015 issued by the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is considered to have been approved by the Secretary as a final oil and gas leasing program under that section.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3976DF4A5BA6481F9816BF403F210251"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Final environmental impact statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is considered to have issued a final environmental impact statement for the program described in subsection (a) in accordance with all requirements under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F008F949DD042B28F148507F43AB0F4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lease sales</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F6ECC0885C54EE7A549F289D1EE36E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this section, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 270 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall conduct a lease sale in each outer Continental Shelf planning area for which the Secretary determines that there is a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for production on the outer Continental Shelf.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF36D959B0294423B4C301F7476EF6B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsequent determinations and sales</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that there is not a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for production on the outer Continental Shelf in a planning area under this section, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the determination and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A0D9703C22D4463B4393B6A2AD3D81C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine whether there is a commercial interest in purchasing Federal oil and gas leases for production on the outer Continental Shelf in the planning area; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E510B218E3E4E54A7E4370B789F0EC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the Secretary determines that there is a commercial interest described in subsection (a), conduct a lease sale in the planning area.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd624b06cf82c4930a4c0ec90ca41b2c3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exclusion from 5-year lease program</header><text>If a planning area for which there is a commercial interest described in subsection (a) was not included in a 5-year lease program, the Secretary shall include leasing in the planning area in the subsequent 5-year lease program.</text> </subsection><subsection id="IDd7e88daa36e24b36bcadf33936b67fe2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Petitions</header><text>If a person petitions the Secretary to conduct a lease sale for an outer Continental Shelf planning area in which the person has a commercial interest, not later than 60 days after the date of receipt of the petition, the Secretary shall conduct a lease sale for the area.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id664AD54CE99244488632273A92B81F66"><enum>103.</enum><header>Applications for permits to drill</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1334) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id539EB49753C74A6890477705DF4C91DD" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F81B317EA3747ED89E503E8909B2A30"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Applications for permits to drill</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5008C471FF894E699B4ECB8ED604E7F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall approve or disapprove an application for a permit to drill submitted under this Act not later than 20 days after the date the application is submitted to the Secretary.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCD467A1CE8E4015892AA4C6B65632B6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disapproval</header><text>If the Secretary disapproves an application for a permit to drill submitted under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE69F5844521043A4893807E36BCEAA11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide to the applicant a description of the reasons for the disapproval of the application;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFFF976287B042DD986B1DD7B76C00EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allow the applicant to resubmit an application during the 10-day period beginning on the date of the receipt of the description by the applicant; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98F52C1ADA8B416897B6D322E5529FF9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>approve or disapprove any resubmitted application not later than 10 days after the date the application is submitted to the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="id21FB044B09FA4381ACDE0C7B91E3A78C"><enum>104.</enum><header>Lease sales for certain areas</header> <subsection id="idCFE6B5BB90234189969CDE19C66891B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As soon as practicable but not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall hold—</text> <paragraph id="idD601FDE87A6B4FF2AEBD16FFF6DDDD7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Lease Sale 216 for areas in the Central Gulf of Mexico;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idDF3635C1A812444BAF76BA171E5BBA60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Lease Sale 218 for areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id67A7CD22B7F642BFA5604C8A7E5EAC8A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Lease Sale 220 for areas offshore the State of Virginia; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id125ED229583C46B489526BB174D0A4C4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Lease Sale 222 for areas in the Central Gulf of Mexico.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8D14EB5FC64149F0B6DF6F26841D3484"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance with other laws</header><text>For purposes of the Lease Sales described in subsection (a), the Environmental Impact Statement for the 2007-2015-Year OCS Plan and the applicable Multi-Sale Environmental Impact Statement shall be considered to satisfy the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text> </subsection><subsection id="IDd080402b59bf48c588cd88278c124e1e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Energy projects in the Gulf of Mexico</header> <paragraph id="ID6b0b9d1305e84aa59152ded763a858b1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header><text>The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction over challenges to offshore energy projects and permits to drill carried out in the Gulf of Mexico.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID78a2df2d14e94515a1be79d3276fd74b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Filing deadline</header><text>Any civil action to challenge a project or permit described in paragraph (1) shall be filed not later than 60 days after the date of approval of the project or the issuance of the permit.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leasing program for land within Coastal Plain</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCADB227FC64440FCAAFD0AC769170EF4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id734DF4C7B315413ABF74BB407A5597D0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coastal Plain</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Coastal Plain</term> means that area identified as the <quote>1002 Coastal Plain Area</quote> on the map.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B849A80BA414F34801DAE37309A6E7C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Federal Agreement</term> means the Federal Agreement and Grant Right-of-Way for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline issued on January 23, 1974, in accordance with section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185) and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act (43 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC89E92C5464749478E6D196DA201F91D"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Final statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Final Statement</term> means the final legislative environmental impact statement on the Coastal Plain, dated April 1987, and prepared pursuant to section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3142) and section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A90AA1D15804830873597B8597F9985"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Map</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>map</term> means the map entitled <quote>Arctic National Wildlife Refuge</quote>, dated September 2005, and prepared by the United States Geological Survey.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0981944349BC471FB0E176FC3632E82A"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Interior (or the designee of the Secretary), acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, in consultation with the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5ED892177BB477BBDB0CAA953E879C2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leasing program for land within the Coastal Plain</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id447C66D7D8F4424484E5FC0EEBBCE5F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall take such actions as are necessary—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01DA9E728D7C4EA0A71EFDB54B4D12B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish and implement, in accordance with this title, a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D0D4CD42DC84F6CB7B227B05B333CBC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to administer this title through regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and other provisions that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9884F6B2F32C4BDD817D1DC25DD11A47"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure the oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities on the Coastal Plain will result in no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, their habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBBE659ED6D1343608DBFB28C24C6259B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the application of the best commercially available technology for oil and gas exploration, development, and production to all exploration, development, and production operations under this title in a manner that ensures the receipt of fair market value by the public for the mineral resources to be leased.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57DB881AEACE40FCB2BF606AB027D594"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB56FE056CF04CD984419B7535E3C724"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1003 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 3143) is repealed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F3B5E6E12254312AC1F3E221CA14922"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents contained in section 1 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 note) is amended by striking the item relating to section 1003.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75650561677C4A4BA9386AD8FB0644F2"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance with NEPA for other actions</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB436B291FE624412B583CD936C6106A6"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before conducting the first lease sale under this title, the Secretary shall prepare an environmental impact statement in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to the actions authorized by this title that are not referred to in paragraph (2).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE9341C0034C4794AF298889678AC076"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification and analysis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall not be required—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53B01CA665AB453F9C98A9A025B94DE8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify nonleasing alternative courses of action; or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C9F436824154B8DB3ECE3C25E1912E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to analyze the environmental effects of those courses of action.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE4EB39E59654430991A1F86A6A80211"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification of preferred action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB16A806F87D248E5B5412BD67C6BAA95"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify only a preferred action and a single leasing alternative for the first lease sale authorized under this title; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACAFD3FB01DE47F7BA899DD04939CE14"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyze the environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for those 2 alternatives.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id540AC44933DD4D2C9F22075FB3F4B366"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public comments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall consider only public comments that are filed not later than 20 days after the date of publication of a draft environmental impact statement.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96F84E475302442A98D4D8DE5E923346"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, compliance with this paragraph shall be considered to satisfy all requirements for the analysis and consideration of the environmental effects of proposed leasing under this title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E2E61A3B9AA43569D247B613C682E25"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Relationship to State and local authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title expands or limits any State or local regulatory authority.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21F4372F73D34EB39195F0FC1E65F4CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special areas</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9196B2E7C5E2429880B37B1DF73CF1ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F8226B68D5E401EA2202E26A66A6606"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, after consultation with the State of Alaska, the North Slope Borough, Alaska, and the City of Kaktovik, Alaska, may designate not more than 45,000 acres of the Coastal Plain as a special area if the Secretary determines that the special area would be of such unique character and interest as to require special management and regulatory protection.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id645D5D70E5734F4EBF89A1A5BDBF1F0D"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sadlerochit spring area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall designate as a special area in accordance with subparagraph (A) the Sadlerochit Spring area, comprising approximately 4,000 acres as depicted on the map.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FF345C91E9E4AA4A5680F6DF05B603D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall manage each special area designated under this subsection in a manner that preserves the unique and diverse character of the area, including fish, wildlife, subsistence resources, and cultural values of the area.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28048AB3A93443DFA940A0D5228F86BE"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusion from leasing or surface occupancy</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2AEEEA80FE42476CB0C163372BD5A4CE"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may exclude any special area designated under this subsection from leasing.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2677AE33AB4C4B6A90AEE21F38C86022"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No surface occupancy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary leases all or a portion of a special area for the purposes of oil and gas exploration, development, production, and related activities, there shall be no surface occupancy of the land comprising the special area.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19FBFCE2B53A462193AEE3EECC247984"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Directional drilling</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the Secretary may lease all or a portion of a special area under terms that permit the use of horizontal drilling technology from sites on leases located outside the special area.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1032572C18104062ACB9A322C538282A"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on closed areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not close land within the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing or to exploration, development, or production except in accordance with this title.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8867EA21F0F148DCA712E5845FF2ACDE"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9AEED4E8648F4EF1BE5CCBB03E346535"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out this title, including rules and regulations relating to protection of the fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, subsistence resources, and environment of the Coastal Plain.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id840FCF8E3A4C427684DECD291A9239B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revision of regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall periodically review and, as appropriate, revise the rules and regulations issued under paragraph (1) to reflect any significant biological, environmental, scientific or engineering data that come to the attention of the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD41171CACFFD4026A524F7B982BC068F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lease sales</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E5260849FAC4F92AC2B4F80503E555B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land may be leased pursuant to this title to any person qualified to obtain a lease for deposits of oil and gas under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1790E41E43C4A6284720FBFA9170855"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91ADC6E250F44426B06D2F242DCA5A54"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">receipt and consideration of sealed nominations for any area in the Coastal Plain for inclusion in, or exclusion (as provided in subsection (c)) from, a lease sale;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4FCC9A70F1C4E198018ED109E9ACB25"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the holding of lease sales after that nomination process; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EF1C456DC484A38B12D37603FDBC85A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public notice of and comment on designation of areas to be included in, or excluded from, a lease sale.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id165D94D3C80849F98D813847AB813544"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lease sale bids</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bidding for leases under this title shall be by sealed competitive cash bonus bids.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ECCB75F79BE44B8A15D03EC3893EE5F"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acreage minimum in first sale</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the first lease sale under this title, the Secretary shall offer for lease those tracts the Secretary considers to have the greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons, taking into consideration nominations received pursuant to subsection (b)(1), but in no case less than 200,000 acres.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC60626D590924879912A14B2E32FBE02"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Timing of lease sales</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id551A22CE9CEB44F48E2484CC18B353FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 22 months after the date of enactment of this Act, conduct the first lease sale under this title;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id568102B8AB254A2FA44E2893DC5B2AD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 90 days after the date of the completion of the sale, evaluate the bids in the sale and issue leases resulting from the sale; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD5F47FEFE74642F88FCA6357C976267C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct additional sales at appropriate intervals if sufficient interest in exploration or development exists to warrant the conduct of the additional sales.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06EFA5E8198E48E59E92A6AB0BFC2D79" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant of leases by the Secretary</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81E6C2F050CB40AE97B02FCC0056A36A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On payment by a lessee of such bonus as may be accepted by the Secretary, the Secretary may grant to the highest responsible qualified bidder in a lease sale conducted pursuant to section 203 a lease for any land on the Coastal Plain.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BAE1AA3FE224DA3A90A6B9FEA0098A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsequent transfers</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id307ED30B857741DFA3C943C42B6B1F74"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No lease issued under this title may be sold, exchanged, assigned, sublet, or otherwise transferred except with the approval of the Secretary.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE251E5A0F8644EBA80EE46558E24E1B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Condition for approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before granting any approval described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with and give due consideration to the opinion of the Attorney General.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0627BFD175147ACAA8275ED9E2770F7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lease terms and conditions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An oil or gas lease issued pursuant to this title shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id785F82C060FB49A2AC033A09590D2322"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for the payment of a royalty of not less than 12<fraction>1/2</fraction> percent of the amount or value of the production removed or sold from the lease, as determined by the Secretary in accordance with regulations applicable to other Federal oil and gas leases;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id615C3E1839A64F69A0BF02DE3EBA2321"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that the Secretary may close, on a seasonal basis, such portions of the Coastal Plain to exploratory drilling activities as are necessary to protect caribou calving areas and other species of fish and wildlife;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id276EF7BC660E474ABD9DE3F31E8C6583"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require that each lessee of land within the Coastal Plain shall be fully responsible and liable for the reclamation of land within the Coastal Plain and any other Federal land that is adversely affected in connection with exploration, development, production, or transportation activities within the Coastal Plain conducted by the lessee or by any of the subcontractors or agents of the lessee;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0EFDFB1F8994870B895DEC5AA34387F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that the lessee may not delegate or convey, by contract or otherwise, that reclamation responsibility and liability to another person without the express written approval of the Secretary;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE935587D6ED4BE1A782544B9A14C4AF"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that the standard of reclamation for land required to be reclaimed under this title shall be, to the maximum extent practicable—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE1E14DC08014715AEA97C1C473107F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a condition capable of supporting the uses that the land was capable of supporting prior to any exploration, development, or production activities; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF1A775E9FD845FFA484AC3902699299"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on application by the lessee, to a higher or better standard, as approved by the Secretary;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD85FBBEB589449008D1CDB90476180DB"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contain terms and conditions relating to protection of fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment as required under section 202(a)(2);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id623E12A50A3342829BCA196A7903D009"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that each lessee, and each agent and contractor of a lessee, use their best efforts to provide a fair share of employment and contracting for Alaska Natives and Alaska Native Corporations from throughout the State of Alaska, as determined by the level of obligation previously agreed to in the Federal Agreement; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81337DFCD9354C11B0F1612F91445F40"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contain such other provisions as the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure compliance with this title and the regulations promulgated under this title.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98A5615E3D934AB280F86158DE2C65B9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coastal plain environmental protection</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4332E4F54FD64EE8B83BCF4CB2B26ACD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No significant adverse effect standard To govern authorized coastal plain activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with section 202, the Secretary shall administer this title through regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, or other provisions that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14B65589E9FC4A28A329A0A8F7A992E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities on the Coastal Plain will result in no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, and the environment; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id665268F9063141718E106938DF4F4063"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the application of the best commercially available technology for oil and gas exploration, development, and production on all new exploration, development, and production operations.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9344C104D1346E78B898373A8BAE61E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Site-specific assessment and mitigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall require, with respect to any proposed drilling and related activities on the Coastal Plain, that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id674A2DE3EB694DD0B76F8C7FA0E3DDE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a site-specific analysis be made of the probable effects, if any, that the drilling or related activities will have on fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, subsistence resources, subsistence uses, and the environment;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6ADE11095F04BC3B7C26A69A0D54728"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan be implemented to avoid, minimize, and mitigate (in that order and to the maximum extent practicable) any significant adverse effect identified under paragraph (1); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0377A8366CC84C8A974D823391C0BE09"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development of the plan shall occur after consultation with the 1 or more agencies having jurisdiction over matters mitigated by the plan.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE452C3F5A5E4898ACFB114967466A06"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations To protect coastal plain fish and wildlife resources, subsistence users, and the environment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before implementing the leasing program authorized by this title, the Secretary shall prepare and issue regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, or other measures designed to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the activities carried out on the Coastal Plain under this title are conducted in a manner consistent with the purposes and environmental requirements of this title.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5340B76C91444A41B2B5DEB5CADE21C9"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance with Federal and State environmental laws and other requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The proposed regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, and stipulations for the leasing program under this title shall require—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1BF3184CE58B4E259A73877B071C0DE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compliance with all applicable provisions of Federal and State environmental law (including regulations);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9031E67AB9A5433EB23311F8B55F6344"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implementation of and compliance with—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE1366E9D4324086A922CAEB856BECA2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standards that are at least as effective as the safety and environmental mitigation measures, as described in items 1 through 29 on pages 167 through 169 of the Final Statement, on the Coastal Plain;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB1DC9F59D8545EDAD803E101057A424"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seasonal limitations on exploration, development, and related activities, as necessary, to avoid significant adverse effects during periods of concentrated fish and wildlife breeding, denning, nesting, spawning, and migration;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDA7DEF819944943AE69FD1FAA20825F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">design safety and construction standards for all pipelines and any access and service roads that minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, adverse effects on—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26B45DF447384AA5A8B36E1FB0AC13F7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the passage of migratory species (such as caribou); and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id803E199EFE7B4ECEA9B730CFFDC7A4B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the flow of surface water by requiring the use of culverts, bridges, or other structural devices;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1BAEE5746C5848DEB9F20D610BA57FC3"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prohibitions on general public access to, and use of, all pipeline access and service roads;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F15C5762DDA457AAD4107CDE35D239D"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">stringent reclamation and rehabilitation requirements in accordance with this title for the removal from the Coastal Plain of all oil and gas development and production facilities, structures, and equipment on completion of oil and gas production operations, except in a case in which the Secretary determines that those facilities, structures, or equipment—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF66946EE41AF4DDCAF426E1476995F68"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would assist in the management of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EEE6169EB564BB7964D7E86FFBAC8AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are donated to the United States for that purpose;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78747534C9CE4BC098EC314ACA88771C"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appropriate prohibitions or restrictions on—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5EADC42813F4B29AC6825FDBEBD839A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">access by all modes of transportation;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ECC833184174AA5B4BB8A8570CAAB0B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sand and gravel extraction; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE975CE8366DD4DBE951F6404C87022B5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use of explosives;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6612084567734F37BE1E6E48D0304AB5"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reasonable stipulations for protection of cultural and archaeological resources;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B884640558A4422AE19A8767B42114D"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">measures to protect groundwater and surface water, including—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B0A2926A3BC40DC9ADC54B4A08496C4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">avoidance, to the maximum extent practicable, of springs, streams, and river systems;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69CC2020BB4E45FBA94CE93D79768276"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the protection of natural surface drainage patterns and wetland and riparian habitats; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B4C748CAC3A4DF6B105D3271FE722D1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the regulation of methods or techniques for developing or transporting adequate supplies of water for exploratory drilling; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E3C67E93D444AD6A9AAB81BBDE9A64F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">research, monitoring, and reporting requirements.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68936EB70AFC4552AD1B7FAD7EEB08B9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that exploration activities (except surface geological studies) be limited to the period between approximately November 1 and May 1 of each year and be supported, if necessary, by ice roads, winter trails with adequate snow cover, ice pads, ice airstrips, and air transport methods (except that those exploration activities may be permitted at other times if the Secretary determines that the exploration will have no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, and the environment of the Coastal Plain);</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id994C84F532DF4DBCBA615FCF969BB627"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consolidation of facility siting;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id889A7B4B88214723A00C4623D3AF6925"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">avoidance or reduction of air traffic-related disturbance to fish and wildlife;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF60FF6FC652844298C54530C46B5BC6D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">treatment and disposal of hazardous and toxic wastes, solid wastes, reserve pit fluids, drilling muds and cuttings, and domestic wastewater, including, in accordance with applicable Federal and State environmental laws (including regulations)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50701C659D274E07AD1B845F851D085B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">preparation of an annual waste management report;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17A4D34A24964045BBCDFE34FBE95EC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development and implementation of a hazardous materials tracking system; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCFEE21DA6EEA4C75B85D85D8D8079F4D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prohibition on the use of chlorinated solvents;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4AF5F9BFD6374674BC970FE2891895D4"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fuel storage and oil spill contingency planning;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9056E66742F404BAB94DE5F3C2C4F49"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct of periodic field crew environmental briefings;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37BA3713010D4822A452C266A020FA78"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">avoidance of significant adverse effects on subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13907AF73C234CC2A063934DC46E1673"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compliance with applicable air and water quality standards;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D9E803192064EB4BE2FA3092A1D3765"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appropriate seasonal and safety zone designations around well sites, within which subsistence hunting and trapping shall be limited; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB90C6640AA4C4E5DA78CD77490368441"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development and implementation of such other protective environmental requirements, restrictions, terms, or conditions as the Secretary determines to be necessary.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2D7AAF57D1C445986D4AD90ABBE123D"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In preparing and issuing regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, or stipulations under this section, the Secretary shall take into consideration—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id760FC320B4A049209182344B88A216E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the stipulations and conditions that govern the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska leasing program, as set forth in the 1999 Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Final Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3CC6F1F6A5E440DB8B50071F1AD244D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the environmental protection standards that governed the initial Coastal Plain seismic exploration program under parts 37.31 through 37.33 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCBEEA090DA6A4B92BF68DE4968A0F094"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the land use stipulations for exploratory drilling on the KIC–ASRC private land described in Appendix 2 of the agreement between Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and the United States dated August 9, 1983.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B3A1FC4BE9D48ACB4C7AE071FE26073"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facility consolidation planning</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE78333BD7C694B6DBFF53A6E55A3D0AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After providing for public notice and comment, the Secretary shall prepare and periodically update a plan to govern, guide, and direct the siting and construction of facilities for the exploration, development, production, and transportation of oil and gas resources from the Coastal Plain.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93962D7BCA154888B533B26D1076CE7B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Objectives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The objectives of the plan shall be—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCB1E536186A42F79D64DDC209FA24B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the avoidance of unnecessary duplication of facilities and activities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1B69879E02E48C6AA7928FC5513121D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the encouragement of consolidation of common facilities and activities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD80459D8D63459194571D9162E9244B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the location or confinement of facilities and activities to areas that will minimize impact on fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, subsistence resources, and the environment;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id582E091B649943FCBF9C9F0395DF3860"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of existing facilities, to the maximum extent practicable; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AAFBD8006C345F9BC5C5DB0FAE3BE63"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the enhancement of compatibility between wildlife values and development activities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05038FB1A2064D888D9F88C0A375BFA6"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Access to public land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id359BA28A333F4D3E9AB64C82BF86046B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">manage public land in the Coastal Plain in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of section 811 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3121); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9E215582CC441D6AC80BFA832A36E92"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that local residents shall have reasonable access to public land in the Coastal Plain for traditional uses.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1E20FAF7D6B43ECA53558A7E530A1D3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expedited judicial review</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45387012ED2E4313B45C4CD7DF0D0E7C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Filing of complaints</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9706251F05684D26A45C0C4B51EA4E2A"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A complaint seeking judicial review of a provision of this title or an action of the Secretary under this title shall be filed—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3D64C4F04B34E8DB8BE88CA17D091DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in subparagraph (B), during the 90-day period beginning on the date on which the action being challenged was carried out; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48D6DDA5DFD8468D883676BE443EBEBD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a complaint based solely on grounds arising after the 90-day period described in subparagraph (A), by not later than 90 days after the date on which the complainant knew or reasonably should have known about the grounds for the complaint.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46C9E838D16D4FBAA573A9D0FFE87BF5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Venue</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A complaint seeking judicial review of a provision of this title or an action of the Secretary under this title shall be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22579B0EEBC747FA87536354F5CD601C"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scope</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F60BC01AF544F3D84869468F1A528A2"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Judicial review of a decision of the Secretary relating to a lease sale under this title (including an environmental analysis of such a lease sale) shall be—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC1E265F697C4694A0FA79C842673CCF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limited to a review of whether the decision is in accordance with this title; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B3E27CB7377455D841C4DE8EA096B81"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based on the administrative record of the decision.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0E23B48494C41779DFA1F6514EDCF51"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Presumptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any identification by the Secretary of a preferred course of action relating to a lease sale, and any analysis by the Secretary of environmental effects, under this title shall be presumed to be correct unless proven otherwise by clear and convincing evidence.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D4871B47A5B452DAA6528DF45F02E2F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on other review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any action of the Secretary that is subject to judicial review under this section shall not be subject to judicial review in any civil or criminal proceeding for enforcement.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E40B02734FE4DAFB1DB11CDB1B300F0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rights-of-way across the Coastal plain</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC63457461F664A32BF865601AF09A315"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue rights-of-way and easements across the Coastal Plain for the transportation of oil and gas—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id841E176DC8AC4EE69E8AB26F0B8B322C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in paragraph (2), under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185), without regard to title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0074E6AA2813416AA333CCD4A90FA2D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.), for access authorized by sections 1110 and 1111 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3170, 3171).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07240BE51399415E81FB7E289A599249"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terms and conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall include in any right-of-way or easement issued under subsection (a) such terms and conditions as may be necessary to ensure that transportation of oil and gas does not result in a significant adverse effect on the fish and wildlife, subsistence resources, their habitat, and the environment of the Coastal Plain, including requirements that facilities be sited or designed so as to avoid unnecessary duplication of roads and pipelines.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBABE8F7DB96C40658C179A0E1D9EEDCC"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall include in regulations under section 202(f) provisions granting rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4AB5E078CE04707A931F36250029E20" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conveyance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 1302(h)(2) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3192(h)(2)), to remove any cloud on title to land, and to clarify land ownership patterns in the Coastal Plain, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id570F0A280D4A48B8A45BDD323A197D1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent necessary to fulfill the entitlement of the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation under sections 12 and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1611, 1613), as determined by the Secretary, convey to that Corporation the surface estate of the land described in paragraph (1) of Public Land Order 6959, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement between the Secretary, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, dated January 22, 1993; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE33D1CB3331419DA32D04E4822340C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">convey to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation the remaining subsurface estate to which that Corporation is entitled under the agreement between that corporation and the United States, dated August 9, 1983.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31CF24C3607E429791A738D8BE15DF2A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>210.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund</header> <subsection id="ID88b8ca940a864d048a94fba83b455e50"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Source of Funds</header> <paragraph id="idDEC0D1B2733E47249452E1D55DBFBFEE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the amount of adjusted bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from Federal oil and gas leasing and operations authorized under this title for each fiscal year, 50 percent shall be paid to the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund established under subsection (b).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id965C26BF4EF44BD29CF34AF92D6C87A9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfers</header> <subparagraph id="id42D5951C1E9F4754AB649E666B3DA37D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A transfer to the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund shall be made for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) only if the total amount of revenues in the Federal budget for the fiscal year exceeds the total amount of expenditures under the budget for the fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6456CC59DA2C4E8E96C66B9E29D2160F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Debt reduction</header><text>If the total amount of revenues in the Federal budget for a fiscal year does not exceed the total amount of expenditures under the budget for the fiscal year, all adjusted bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from Federal oil and gas leasing and operations authorized under this title for the fiscal year—</text> <clause id="id9307E8180C7D4F51BB0D0A1DBDA4D404"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be used to reduce the Federal budget deficit; and</text> </clause><clause id="id85A22535B6D3442E89555EE9186FA128"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall not be used to offset any other expenditures.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7479F258E10A48D99F3DF008AA0CC4C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of Trust Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the <quote>ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund</quote>, consisting of such amounts as may be transferred to the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund as provided in subsection (a).</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C3CC635D0A64C9E9DF0C6660CCE6BDE"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expenditures from ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1962F492BC8B485F987E9F7EE4D4F1DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts in the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund shall be available without further appropriation to carry out specified provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58; referred to in this section as <quote>EPAct2005</quote>) and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; referred to in this section as <quote>EISAct2007</quote>) as follows:</text> <table blank-lines-after="0" blank-lines-before="0" colsep="0" frame="none" line-rules="no-gen" rowsep="0" rule-weights="0.0.0.0.0.4" table-type=""> <tgroup cols="2" no-carding="1" rowsep="0"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="column1" colnum="0" colwidth="214pts" min-data-value="50"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="111pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec> <thead> <row><entry align="left" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1" valign="bottom"><bold>To carry out the provisions of:</bold></entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2"><bold>The following percentage of annual receipts to the ANWR Alternative Energy Trust Fund, but not to exceed the limit on amount authorized, if any:</bold></entry> </row> </thead> <tbody> <row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="1">EPAct2005:</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"></entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 210</entry><entry colname="column2" rowsep="0">1.5 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 242</entry><entry colname="column2">1.0 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 369</entry><entry colname="column2">2.0 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 401</entry><entry colname="column2">6.0 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 812</entry><entry colname="column2">6.0 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 931</entry><entry colname="column2">19.0 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 942</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 962</entry><entry colname="column2">3.0 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 968</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 1704 </entry><entry colname="column2">6.0 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="1">EISAct2007:</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0"></entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 207</entry><entry colname="column2">15.0 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 607</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Title VI, Subtitle B</entry><entry colname="column2">3.0 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Title VI, Subtitle C</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 641</entry><entry colname="column2">9.0 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Title VII, Subtitle A</entry><entry colname="column2">10.0 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 1112</entry><entry colname="column2">1.5 percent</entry> </row> <row><entry colname="column1" rowsep="0" stub-hierarchy="2">Section 1304</entry><entry colname="column2">11.0 percent.</entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5CEBD681E1C14EC380108D3ED8473932"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Apportionment of excess amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any amounts allocated under paragraph (1) that are in excess of the amounts authorized in the applicable cited section or subtitle of EPAct2005 and EISAct2007 shall be reallocated to the remaining sections and subtitles cited in paragraph (1), up to the amounts otherwise authorized by law to carry out those sections and subtitles, in proportion to the amounts authorized by law to be appropriated for those other sections and subtitles.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulatory streamlining</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf6bfce1956f64a10bd475b01ce286f18" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commercial leasing program for oil shale resources on public land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (e) of the Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15927(e)) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD36CC4AAC8344E6AA2BE0F6A85435E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>Not later</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E2AD21CF3F049AABB22CCFB7B73795C" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC27570091C8C4D6A847C8D1D24360B0E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id530B11C360324871BE4A9632D97F0420"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A183B78CFAC495ABFCD96DE0133CFF0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>If the Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10BE17DC0C734599B4E2AB3D5CFAD9A1" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E41C907668940E5A0D4D1A785E6E1A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lease sales</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE00D0DE61FF24704AA878F3BA8D170C1"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABB045F9398345DD86C48FB66518B33A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id266F1786A40C436BB909B563613B7EFF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the last sentence, by striking <quote>Evidence of interest</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ED80B00AFF54BE6B01747460E0E3CC0" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D4484C6C49A4A99823BAB97CCB36A3E"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evidence of interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evidence of interest</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0B032ED41074CF8A327341DEAA9BC0E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6ED509CA0F945A2A09F453ABAB3FDA0" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84DE282690C84C9FA3607BC3D0BC5E36"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsequent lease sales</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During any period for which the Secretary determines that there is sufficient support and interest in a State in the development of tar sands and oil shale resources, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54904DA8C10D4A8F8074F6BC01D2C3AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least annually, consult with the persons described in paragraph (1) to expedite the commercial leasing program for oil shale resources on public land in the State; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99E9BE584AF54E16BD21EE409BE72356"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least once every 270 days, conduct a lease sale in the State under the commercial leasing program regulations.</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB10B335B78CE43D5B9A2C18584FEDFAD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Jurisdiction over covered energy projects</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H528CD0FD1BFA41FE8E584B0841EA42B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of covered energy project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>covered energy project</term> means any action or decision by a Federal official regarding—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8AC154ED48D4CD4BB4CFB00BA6046EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the leasing of Federal land (including submerged land) for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of energy, including actions and decisions regarding the selection or offering of Federal land for such leasing; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87CDB2AEDB874855818DE4AF007F584F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any action under such a lease, except that this section and Act shall not apply to a dispute between the parties to a lease entered into a provision of law authorizing the lease regarding obligations under the lease or the alleged breach of the lease.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0250A52E1C04B3CB8EA00A57F770682"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusive jurisdiction over causes and claims relating to covered energy projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear all causes and claims under this section or any other Act that arise from any covered energy project.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H707B55454E8A47DA9FE74E4F9309AE43"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Time for filing complaint</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05D296F33C354D338CF28706D3EF3B88"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each case or claim described in subsection (b) shall be filed not later than the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of the action or decision by a Federal official that constitutes the covered energy project concerned.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7E5D624E9B14CCFBF08BA6AB859EFDA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any cause or claim described in subsection (b) that is not filed within the time period described in paragraph (1) shall be barred.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07AD64FE27DB40A2BFCD3EC46CDF1E71"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">District court for the District of Columbia deadline</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D82D0960A454DA8B1147997ACDF5199"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each proceeding that is subject to subsection (b) shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FDB8051285B49C49E27204CE7B12F59"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be resolved as expeditiously as practicable and in any event not more than 180 days after the cause or claim is filed; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA0355C2CA0C433000C3ADEADC003452"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take precedence over all other pending matters before the district court.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H633E5876F7034D019930E4C212BF13FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to comply with deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order has not been issued by the district court by the deadline required under this section, the cause or claim shall be dismissed with prejudice and all rights relating to the cause or claim shall be terminated.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2B06A9169E24C5E9C74E59988D0A788"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ability To seek appellate review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of the district court under this section may be reviewed by no other court except the Supreme Court.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0EEA85A9152843AE88CD249E47A140CF"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline for appeal to the Supreme Court</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a writ of certiorari has been granted by the Supreme Court pursuant to subsection (e), the interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of the district court shall be resolved as expeditiously as practicable and in any event not more than 180 days after the interlocutory or final judgment, decree, order of the district court is issued.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D1A308D3FE649EBAA3BD1101F03CBCA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Environmental impact statements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id657C730525234E61A0A5E3DE65CF4DA3" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9759527ADB1447A0AACEE0D1E4E807C6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Completion and review of environmental impact statements</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FDF013E24E44B969EC6BF67F37483FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Completion</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id927138ECD49D42E989E321BA14E32915"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each review carried out under section 102(2)(C) with respect to any action taken under any provision of law, or for which funds are made available under any provision of law, shall be completed not later than the date that is 270 days after the commencement of the review.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2C8F9B64968409C875536C056194705"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Failure to complete review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a review described in paragraph (1) has not been completed for an action subject to section 102(2)(C) by the date specified in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD577766154ED451788EB9BE24628B1D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the action shall be considered to have no significant impact described in section 102(2)(C); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CA27DA9CB8B42C394B5A50397FF7FF9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that classification shall be considered to be a final agency action.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6541D0DA40534ECC9146EA78EAC91CF0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Unemployment rate</header><text>If the national unemployment rate is 5 percent or more, the lead agency conducting a review of an action under this section shall use the most expeditious means authorized under this title to conduct the review.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe456610a312f4061b88729e0edf74779"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lead agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The lead agency for a review of an action under this section shall be the Federal agency to which funds are made available for the action.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2e78f0b4937c4e25aabd15689dd9f1c6"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D767552E089442BA5B38ABBBA6525BE"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative appeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be a single administrative appeal for each review carried out pursuant to section 102(2)(C).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B74F119A8F74909B09B83ECD2495DEF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Judicial review</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D9045C90E58461DB2736FF9C38AC54D"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On resolution of the administrative appeal, judicial review of the final agency decision after exhaustion of administrative remedies shall lie with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id019ECDA8DEC64B0E8BEBE37265631690"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative record</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An appeal to the court described in subparagraph (A) shall be based only on the administrative record.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD15C7CE7FFAE4CA498B746A54E41D0F9"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pendency of judicial review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After an agency has made a final decision with respect to a review carried out under this subsection, the decision shall be effective during the course of any subsequent appeal to a court described in subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4455E7089DC4410A728B68C8D0E14BA"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each civil action covered by this section shall be considered to arise under the laws of the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC017317D11EF42DDA9F38C347E83E917" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clean air regulation</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1652424BDDE4831A19677D3D5B0AB82"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulation of greenhouse gases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(g) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602(g)) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7010089D86F841F187A7847F12739D1D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(g) The term</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF470F4196ADF4443817F9D7EE9AC8211" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D963CF3A6E64397BB8AA7333FCDF8E0"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Air pollutant</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7DE0AF78A5FB4167BB6F0046667505A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7775A5224833411CBE9FA8D77D83A50B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Such term</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD60BF6F5783D4F4AAE9AC3B425C05153" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB3AAC1380D8446685AC05E017A2A3BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>air pollutant</term></text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE018826F90004C98A56A26E8285EDD29"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9AD21E61DA743DF9B647A4B387E9DDD" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5F14D08108B48779B8A0426A68C9DF4"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>air pollutant</term> does not include carbon dioxide, methane from agriculture or livestock, or water vapor.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA90A9E92517348808B0F9277AC599043"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emission waivers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall not grant to any State any waiver of Federal preemption of motor vehicle standards under section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543(b)) for preemption under that Act for any regulation of the State to control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28DC75EEA3BB418F8144DE2EFBB8B4E7"><enum>305.</enum><header>Employment effects of actions under Clean Air Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 321(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7621(b)) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB2D44E3693A47959D5AA100B96D9C17"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by designating the first through eighth sentences as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DFC3FD950584AE69BCD7365C31464F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id781BD86A5CE24FAEA68B1D10E32C7FAE" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAE6D9CFDD0E4B49B48F9CE89D0B7935"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Economic analysis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days before conducting a public hearing or providing notice of a determination that a hearing is not necessary with respect to a requirement described in paragraph (1), the Administrator shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21F2C16B83BA4A6B989A14C0B25EBD50"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a full economic analysis of the requirement; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D91DF44A5E84C78BCBB712D51B3447D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make the results of the analysis available to the public.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4a72bb837fa54bc8ad4a0c88d31960b4"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Economic review board</header> <subparagraph id="idFE5F5296BE1040DC9CB65AFBA3223031"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Administrator makes the results of an economic analysis of a requirement available to the public under paragraph (9)(B), the Secretary of Commerce shall establish an economic review board consisting of a representative from each Federal agency with jurisdiction over affected industries to assess—</text> <clause id="idC76A8D6AD738427B92EF6EAE29FD9680"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the cumulative economic impact of the requirement, including the direct, indirect, quantifiable, and qualitative effects;</text> </clause><clause id="id17166602D11C4F5DA7792FFBBD79D6B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost of compliance with the requirement;</text> </clause><clause id="idD9394B825DB6434EA52B065DA767CF3C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the effect of the requirement on the retirement or closure of domestic businesses;</text> </clause><clause id="id2B5A1207848047D387ED2584DB890D6E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the direct and indirect adverse impacts on the economies of local communities that are projected to result from the requirement;</text> </clause><clause id="id4CED0BCBFDD5466185B5173C4D190F4F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>energy sectors that could be expected to retire units as a result of the requirement;</text> </clause><clause id="id943E861732944F6493852E3F1BE17D01"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the impact of the requirement on the price of electricity, oil, gas, coal, and renewable resources;</text> </clause><clause id="idDFB2E54A43A54DE180154B3D9470492D"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the economic harm to consumers resulting from the requirement;</text> </clause><clause id="idB20528FA48B64422B90DF84D773BD20C"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the impact of the requirement on the ability of industries and businesses in the United States to compete with industries and businesses in other countries, with respect to competitiveness in both domestic and foreign markets;</text> </clause><clause id="idACDFC99C242A4DFA969767F2EDD092ED"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>the regions of the United States that are forecasted to be—</text> <subclause id="id55328D416BFF4D2282E7730A245B1636"><enum>(I)</enum><text>most affected from the direct and indirect adverse impacts of the requirement from the retirement of impacted units and increased prices for retail electricity, transportation fuels, heating oil, and petrochemicals; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="id4C781B3607984F5B90E6A5195263F582"><enum>(II)</enum><text>least affected from adverse impacts described in subclause (I) due to the creation of new jobs and economic growth that are expected to result directly and indirectly from energy construction projects;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="id824AE1B0EB1A4A0F8CE4269AADC19588"><enum>(x)</enum><text>the adverse impacts of the requirement on electric reliability that are expected to result from the retirement of electric generation;</text> </clause><clause id="id2310912EEABB4EB3B287D98B3B08190F"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>the geographical distribution of the projected adverse electric reliability impacts of the requirement;</text> </clause><clause id="id31A9C8C554694F15995B0BD31C11193F"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>Federal, State, and local policies that have been or will be implemented to support energy infrastructure in the United States, including policies that promote fuel diversity, affordable and reliable electricity, and energy security; and</text> </clause><clause id="id6BC61D66BBC146A6A2E54B84973280B4"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>other direct and indirect impacts that are expected to result from the cumulative obligation to comply with the requirement.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id22622DF01C0D4F8E8B2F47F86BB7F69D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which the economic review board completes the assessment of a requirement under subparagraph (A), the economic review board shall submit to Congress, the President, and the Secretary a report that describes the results of the assessment.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd201165b6eaf44a28fe6a81b6b122221"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Administrator shall not promulgate regulations to implement a requirement described in paragraph (1) until at least 60 days after the date of submission of the report on the requirement under subparagraph (B).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA17E6BA9ED744E62A0A56C9105C2C3A5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Endangered species</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA75B56304744124B15B1964D925A9C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A0AFCE18F01425FAFA8CB621AADAC54" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAADA1682F1A24969B4DC9B5CA3EA6561"><enum>(k)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the declaration of an emergency by the Governor of a State, the Secretary shall, for the duration of the emergency, temporarily exempt from the prohibition against taking, and the prohibition against the adverse modification of critical habitat, under this Act any action that is reasonably necessary to avoid or ameliorate the impact of the emergency, including the operation of any water supply or flood control project by a Federal agency.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E684549DBA54787ADB8F49FF992B224"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition of consideration of impact of greenhouse gas</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79EFDF55B64A4F6E8AB0B5D5A24C4470"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6928E638BBC94E24A9BD77FCB6F2AFBF" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A2C3C87D3AC44F081808500B0FAAB5F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>19.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition of consideration of impact of greenhouse gas</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9831996343C46FF913773C049864A39"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of greenhouse</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>greenhouse gas</term> means any of—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD6E88C96BF244E0BC843B28E28F6188"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carbon dioxide;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1ADF1DCE7AD74C3A8EF3C718776C29ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">methane;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09A469CAA35B48CDB3B6902FCD80B048"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nitrous oxide;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA6F42ADBB0C4713859BE60069181420"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sulfur hexafluoride;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD56358FBC5324A7300E445DA00FB82B0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a hydrofluorocarbon;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D037E1C8F7848E299CFE23EC51FAC8"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a perfluorocarbon; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DFD4683ACF34DA0AF3D9918A8FB6CEE"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other anthropogenic gas designated by the Secretary for purposes of this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id396C43A2D98F479DAAFFC379F78D32F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Impact of greenhouse gas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The impact of greenhouse gas on any species of fish or wildlife or plant shall not be considered for any purpose in the implementation of this Act.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9488AA668B845618EB8F21B6D3134BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in the first section of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. prec. 1531) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbd28cf3-2749-4286-9f84-fb6a21c5161f" style="OLC"> <toc> <toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 18. Annual cost analysis by the Fish and Wildlife Service.</toc-entry> <toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 19. Prohibition of consideration of impact of greenhouse gas.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id8C9B152E152A4D12A21550EF27F02543"><enum>307.</enum><header>Reissuance of permits and leases</header> <subsection id="idF59114AC7C054ED9BA061C2830C3A213"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Environmental Protection Agency</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environment Protection Agency shall approve the specification of the areas described in the notice entitled <quote>Final Determination of the Assistant Administrator for Water Pursuant to Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act Concerning the Spruce No. 1 Mine, Logan County, WV</quote> (76 Fed. Reg. 3126; January 19. 2011), with no further review or analysis.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id0AA0A826820841EF9F72DEAB9D83C724"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Department of the Interior</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue or reissue, with no further review or analysis, each lease for the production of oil or gas in the State of Utah was cancelled during any of calendar years 2009 through 2011.</text> </subsection></section><section id="id50D795C7EC4E4074AB91E66AD2768039"><enum>308.</enum><header>Central Valley Project</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Act of August 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 879, chapter 1012; 16 U.S.C. 695d et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E43D1B9B31A495C82976D883698EDB6" style="OLC"> <section id="idA3EA97087DC74D928E9BFDB991E1CD5F"><enum>9.</enum><header>Effect of biological opinions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in connection with the Central Valley Project, the Bureau of Reclamation and an agency of the State of California operating a water project in connection with the Project shall not restrict operations of an applicable project pursuant to any biological opinion issued under the <act-name parsable-cite="ESA">Endangered Species Act of 1973</act-name> (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), if the restriction would result in a level of allocation of water that is less than the historical maximum level of allocation of water under the project.</text> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF03CA27A1884BC6A3034352AB79C630" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>309.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Keystone XL pipeline</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B3B607604BF433A8C80C98D99978F3B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) shall take such actions as are necessary to expedite the permit request for the Keystone XL pipeline that is pending on the date of enactment of this Act (referred to in this section as the <quote>pipeline</quote>) in accordance with this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="IDdb0751ba6a5c4e08b4f0e8531a53c18e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Greenhouse gas impacts</header><text>The Secretary shall not consider greenhouse gas impacts during the permit review process for the pipeline.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID2e829908b55646afa30e8f16c1d9db49"><enum>(c)</enum><header>NEPA compliance</header><text>Effective beginning on the date that is 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the pipeline project shall be considered in compliance with the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text> </subsection><subsection id="IDb72926c05a6f4bb49fec4e8c693c7000"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional routes</header><text>In conducting the permit review process, the Secretary shall consider additional routes for the pipeline, including routes that are parallel to the United States portions of Keystone 1.</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID2aefdde501374787ac5c08d2b21d50c6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Permit review</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete the permit review for the pipeline</text> </subsection><subsection id="ID8d7f7f0ee8f544c993ffe13e5c5df79c"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Decision</header><text>Not later than 125 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a decision on the permit for the pipeline.</text> </subsection></section><section id="id9F20029BC7D34F5F92DF7BF98577D567"><enum>310.</enum><header>Beaufort Sea oil drilling project</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue a permit under the <act-name parsable-cite="CAA">Clean Air Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) to Shell Oil Company to permit the Company to drill for oil in the Beaufort Sea, with no further review or analysis.</text> </section><section id="idE93809A5B84843E98F79E1C3E7249268"><enum>311.</enum><header>Environmental legal fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 504 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB22B3340D7B4A4693AA5E2B26D64E74" style="OLC"> <subsection id="id2EAF6BC4F0D44077BA7DA9CDB0A303C6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Environmental legal fees</header><text>Notwithstanding section 1304 of title 31, no award may be made under this section and no amounts may be obligated or expended from the Claims and Judgment Fund of the United States Treasury to pay any legal fees of an environmental nongovernmental organization related to an action that (with respect to the United States)—</text> <paragraph id="idE6C48EE4860B4A22BFE77F2614D21DA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prevents, terminates, or reduces access to or the production of—</text> <subparagraph id="id0096804DB91B4E79896294883544D67B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>energy;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65317F7CA1DD49438F64D0D2302418D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a mineral resource;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5C6BB2293A47448AA42002FD7FA4DED5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>water by agricultural producers;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79BC53E9904B467AA84FBFD25CF54FD3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a resource by commercial or recreational fishermen; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7dcae786e5bf4ee894414732ccd64d2f"><enum>(E)</enum><text>grazing or timber production on Federal land;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4DA95F3C2A76414F9DC81C241CB77446"><enum>(2)</enum><text>diminishes the private property value of a property owner; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id807FA8E3AFE147408A6BA993FCF50062"><enum>(3)</enum><text>eliminates or prevents 1 or more jobs.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> April 4, 2011 Read the second time and placed on the calendar