Sec. 165. Time for filing petition for judicial review; standing, filing of record

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All petitions for judicial review of covered oil and natural gas activities must be filed within 45 days of the final agency decision or the challenge shall be barred. Only persons whose legal rights will be directly and adversely affected by the challenged action, and who are within the zone of interest protected by each Act under which the challenge is brought, shall have standing to file any petition for judicial review of covered oil and natural gas activities. Nothing in this section creates a right to judicial review or places any limit on filing a claim that a person has violated the terms of a permit, license, or approval.

When any civil action is brought concerning any covered oil and natural gas activity, the Federal agencies involved shall immediately prepare for the court the consolidated record compiled for the challenged decision. The court shall complete all judicial review, including rendering a judgment, before the end of the 210-day period beginning on the date on which a petition is filed that is subject to this subtitle, unless all parties to such proceeding agree to an extension of such period.

Notwithstanding subsection (e), within 30 days after the filing of an action that is subject to this subtitle, the court shall issue a decision either compelling permit issuance or establishing a schedule that enables the most expeditious possible completion of proceedings. The court may issue orders to enforce any schedule it establishes under this subsection. Except as expressly provided in this section, this subtitle shall not be construed to create any additional right, benefit, or trust responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity, by a person against the United States, its agencies, its officers, or any person.