Sec. 7. Notification to permit applicants; compliance with NEPA
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Not later than 45 days after receiving a request for a permit from a governing body, the Secretary concerned shall provide a written response to the governing body notifying the governing body that— the permit has been approved; the permit has been denied, including a description of why the permit was denied; or such activity requires an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement, as applicable, before a permit may be issued for the activity. In any case in which an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement is required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) for an activity for which a governing body has requested a permit from the Secretary concerned to conduct such activity on a qualified acequia or qualified land grant-merced on Federal land, and for which the Secretary has not denied the permit under subsection (a)(3), the Secretary shall— estimate the time necessary to complete such environmental assessment or environmental impact statement; not later than 30 days after receiving the request for a permit from a governing body, notify the governing body of such estimation; and not later than 30 days after completing all action required under such Act for such activity— issue such permit to the community user or governing body; or notify the community user or governing body that the request for a permit has been denied.
If the Secretary concerned fails to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement within the respective time period estimated under subsection (b)(1), then the Secretary shall— notify the governing body in writing of the delay; notify Congress in writing of the delay; make a new estimate of the time necessary to complete such environmental assessment or environmental impact statement; and not later than 30 days after the end of the respective time period estimated under subsection (b)(1) notify the governing body of such new estimation.
In consideration of the socio-economic conditions of community users and the annual operating budgets of governing bodies of qualified acequias and qualified land grant-mercedes, the Secretary concerned may waive any cost-share requirement on the community user or the governing body of a qualified acequia or qualified land grant-merced with respect to the cost of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) for an activity to be conducted on a qualified acequia or qualified land grant-merced on Federal land by a community user or governing body of a qualified acequia or qualified land grant-merced for which the Secretary has required such community user or governing body of a qualified acequia or qualified land grant-merced to obtain a permit from the Secretary.
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