Sec. 4. Impacts on critical natural resources
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(g)of section 15 of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717n ) (as added by section 3) is amended by adding at the end the following: In preparing an environmental impact statement with respect to an application for Federal authorization for a project, any evaluation of the visual impacts of the project on a national scenic trail designated by the National Trails System Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.) in the environmental impact statement shall— consider the cumulative visual impacts of any similar proposed project— for which an application for Federal authorization is in the pre-filing or filing stage; and that impacts the same national scenic trail within 100 miles of the first project; and include visual impact simulations depicting leaf-on and leaf-off views at each location where major visual impacts occur, as identified, authenticated, and justified during the period of public comment preceding the publication of a draft environmental impact statement by the head of the Federal agency or independent agency administering the land at the applicable location. No amendment to a National Forest management plan under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) shall be considered, pursuant to an application for Federal authorization, if the result of the amendment would substantially interfere with the nature and purposes of a national scenic trail designated by the National Trails System Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1241 et seq.). .
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