Sec. 8007. Salt cedar removal permit reviews
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In the case of an application for a permit for the mechanized removal of salt cedar from an area that consists of not more than 500 acres— any review by the Secretary under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344 ) or section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (commonly known as the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 ) ( 33 U.S.C. 403 ), and any review by the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (referred to in this section as the Director ) under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1536 ), shall, to the maximum extent practicable, occur concurrently; all participating and cooperating agencies shall, to the maximum extent practicable, adopt and use any environmental document prepared by the lead agency under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) to the same extent that a Federal agency could adopt or use a document prepared by another Federal agency under— that Act; and parts 1500 through 1508 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); and the review of the application shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be completed not later than the date on which the Secretary, in consultation with, and with the concurrence of, the Director, establishes.
The Secretary may accept and expend funds received from non-Federal public or private entities to conduct a review referred to in subsection (a). Nothing in this section preempts or interferes with— any obligation to comply with the provisions of any Federal law, including— the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ); and any other Federal environmental law; the reviewability of any final Federal agency action in a court of the United States or in the court of any State; any requirement for seeking, considering, or responding to public comment; or any power, jurisdiction, responsibility, duty, or authority that a Federal, State, or local governmental agency, Indian tribe, or project sponsor has with respect to carrying out a project or any other provision of law applicable to projects.
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