Sec. 301. Regulatory approval of natural gas pipeline projects
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Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717f ) is amended— in subsection (d)— by striking
(d)Application for certificates and inserting the following: An application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity under this section ; and by adding at the end the following: A natural-gas company that submits to the Commission an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity under this section to construct an interstate natural gas pipeline— with respect to any preliminary requirement for that certification, may use aerial survey data to satisfy the preliminary requirement; but with respect to each applicable nonpreliminary survey requirement for approval of the certification, shall achieve compliance with the requirement through such other means as the Commission may require. ; and by adding at the end the following: In this subsection, the term prefiled project means a project for the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of a natural gas pipeline with respect to which a prefiling docket number has been assigned by the Commission pursuant to a prefiling process established by the Commission for the purpose of facilitating the formal application process for obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity. The Commission shall approve or deny an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a prefiled project by not later than 1 year after the date of receipt of a completed application that is ready to be processed, as determined by the Commission by regulation. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the head of the Federal department or agency responsible for issuing any license, permit, or other approval required under Federal law in connection with a prefiled project for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity is sought under this Act shall approve or deny the license, permit, or other approval by not later than 90 days after the date on which the Commission issues a final environmental document relating to the project. The Commission may extend an applicable deadline under subparagraph
(A)by not longer than an additional 30 days, if the head of the affected Federal department or agency demonstrates that— the process of determining whether to approve or deny the applicable license, permit, or other approval cannot be completed by the applicable deadline; and the department or agency therefore will be compelled to deny the license, permit, or approval. In providing an extension under this subparagraph, the Commission may offer to the affected Federal department or agency such technical assistance as is necessary to address any condition preventing the completion of the review of the application for the license, permit, or other approval. If a Federal department or agency described in subparagraph
(A)fails to approve or deny a license, permit, or other approval by the deadline under subparagraph
(A)or (B), as applicable— the license, permit, or approval shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the expiration of the deadline; and the Commission shall incorporate into the terms of the license, permit, or approval any conditions proffered by the Federal department or agency that the Commission does not determine to be inconsistent with any relevant environmental document. .
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Sec. 301
Regulatory approval of natural gas pipeline projects
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