Sec. 186. Time requirement to act on oil and natural gas drilling permits
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Subsection
(d)of section 11 of the Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1340 ) is amended by designating the existing text as paragraph
(1)and adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall approve or disapprove any application for a permit for drilling a well under an approved exploration or development plan, or any application to amend a previously approved permit, within 30 days after its submission, except that the Secretary may disapprove such permit only upon a determination that— any proposed activity under the permit would result in any condition described in section 5(a)(2)(A)(i); and such proposed activity cannot be modified to avoid such condition. The Secretary may request additional information from the applicant prior to approving or disapproving such application, but the request for additional information must be received by the applicant within 15 days after submission of the application to the Secretary. Upon receipt of the additional information requested by the Secretary, the Secretary shall approve or disapprove the application within 15 days in accordance with this subsection. If the Secretary disapproves a permit application or an amended permit application pursuant to this subsection, and there is no other well on the lease tract capable of production in paying quantities, within 90 days after receipt of a final disapproval decision all record title holders of the lease may request cancellation of the lease, and within 60 days after receipt of such cancellation request the Secretary shall pay to the record title holders the amount of any bonus bid paid for such lease. The Secretary shall make such payment from amounts that otherwise would be credited to miscellaneous receipts pursuant to section 9. .
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Sec. 186
Time requirement to act on oil and natural gas drilling permits
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