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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 22 (EAH) — 114 HR 22 EAH: Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 · Sec. 1311

Sec. 1311. Application of categorical exclusions for multimodal projects

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Section 304 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1)— by striking operating authority that and inserting operating administration or secretarial office that has expertise but ; and by inserting proposed multimodal after with respect to a ; and by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting the following: The term lead authority means a Department of Transportation operating administration or secretarial office that has the lead responsibility for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) with respect to a proposed multimodal project. ; in subsection
(b)by inserting or title 23 after under this title ; by striking subsection
(c)and inserting the following: In considering the environmental impacts of a proposed multimodal project, a lead authority may apply categorical exclusions designated under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) in implementing regulations or procedures of a cooperating authority for a proposed multimodal project, subject to the conditions that— the lead authority makes a determination, with the concurrence of the cooperating authority— on the applicability of a categorical exclusion to a proposed multimodal project; and that the project satisfies the conditions for a categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) and this section; the lead authority follows the cooperating authority’s implementing regulations or procedures under such Act; and the lead authority determines that— the proposed multimodal project does not individually or cumulatively have a significant impact on the environment; and extraordinary circumstances do not exist that merit additional analysis and documentation in an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment required under such Act. ; and by striking subsection
(d)and inserting the following: A cooperating authority shall provide expertise to the lead authority on aspects of the multimodal project in which the cooperating authority has expertise. .
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