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42 U.S.C. § 4336f

Title 42 Chapter 55 Current through PL 119-73 Last updated: March 29, 2026 View on OLRC →
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§ 4336f. Project sponsor opt-in fees for environmental reviews

  • (a)
    • (1) A project sponsor that intends to pay a fee under this section for the preparation, or supervision of the preparation, of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement for a project shall submit to the Council—
      • (A) a description of the project; and
      • (B) a declaration of whether the project sponsor intends to prepare the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under section 4336a(f) of this title .
    • (2) Not later than 15 days after the date on which the Council receives information described in paragraph (1) from a project sponsor, the Council shall provide to the project sponsor notice of the amount of the fee to be paid under this section, as determined under subsection (b).
    • (3) A project sponsor may pay a fee under this section after receipt of the notice described in paragraph (2).
    • (4) Notwithstanding section 4336a(g)(1) of this title —
      • (A) an environmental assessment for which a fee is paid under this section shall be completed not later than 180 days after the date on which the fee is paid; and
      • (B) an environmental impact statement for which a fee is paid under this section shall be completed not later than 1 year after the date of publication of the notice of intent to prepare the environmental impact statement.
  • (b) The amount of a fee under this section shall be—
    • (1) 125 percent of the anticipated costs to prepare the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement; and
    • (2) in the case of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement to be prepared in whole or in part by a project sponsor under section 4336a(f) of this title , 125 percent of the anticipated costs to supervise preparation of, and, as applicable, prepare, the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.

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