Sec. 105. Coordination with Adjacent States
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Section 19 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1345 ) is amended— in subsection
(a)in the first sentence by inserting , for any tract located within the Adjacent State’s Adjacent Zone, after government ; and by adding the following: Prior to issuing a permit or approval for the construction of a pipeline to transport crude oil, natural gas or associated liquids production withdrawn from oil and gas leases on the outer Continental Shelf, a Federal agency must seek the concurrence of the Adjacent State if the pipeline is to transit the Adjacent State’s Adjacent Zone between the outer Continental Shelf and landfall. No State may prohibit construction of such a pipeline within its Adjacent Zone or its State waters. However, an Adjacent State may require routing of such a pipeline to one of two alternate landfall locations in the Adjacent State, designated by the Adjacent State, located within 60 miles on either side of a proposed landfall location. In this subsection: The term Adjacent State means, with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions of this Act, any State the laws of which are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States for the portion of the outer Continental Shelf on which such program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or activity appertains or is, or is proposed to be, conducted. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term State includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the other territories of the United States. The term Adjacent Zone means, with respect to any program, plan, lease sale, leased tract, or other activity, proposed, conducted, or approved pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the portion of the outer Continental Shelf for which the laws of a particular Adjacent State are declared, pursuant to section 4(a)(2), to be the law of the United States. .
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Coordination with Adjacent States
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