Sec. 6. Environmental reviews for Arctic deepwater ports
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The Secretary— shall be the lead for purposes of complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) for the development of an Arctic deepwater port, regardless of the agency or department of the United States taking the action that requires compliance with such Act; and shall be responsible for preparing any environmental review related to such action. In carrying out paragraph (1), with respect to any environmental review for an action related to development of an Arctic deepwater port, the Secretary shall prepare a single document, which shall consolidate the environmental reviews of each agency or department of the United States considering any aspect of such action.
An environmental review prepared by the Secretary under paragraph
(1)for an action related to development of an Arctic deepwater port shall be adopted by each appropriate agency or department of the United States in satisfaction of the responsibilities of such agency or department under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to such action. The Secretary shall— not later than 1 year after the date that the Secretary determines that an application for an environmental review related to an Arctic deepwater port is complete, issue a draft version of the environmental review; and not later than 180 days after the date of issuance of such draft version, issue the final version of the environmental review, unless the Secretary for good cause determines that additional time is needed. Each agency or department of the United States that, if not for subsection (a), would be required to prepare an environmental review for any aspect of the development of an Arctic deepwater port project shall— cooperate with the Secretary; and comply with deadlines established by subsection
(b)for the issuance of the environmental review by the Secretary.
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Environmental reviews for Arctic deepwater ports
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