Sec. 20218. Limitation on claims
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a claim arising under Federal law seeking judicial review of a permit, license, or approval issued by a Federal agency for a mineral project, energy facility, or energy storage device shall be barred unless— the claim is filed within 120 days after publication of a notice in the Federal Register announcing that the permit, license, or approval is final pursuant to the law under which the agency action is taken, unless a shorter time is specified in the Federal law pursuant to which judicial review is allowed; and the claim is filed by a party that submitted a comment during the public comment period for such permit, license, or approval and such comment was sufficiently detailed to put the agency on notice of the issue upon which the party seeks judicial review.
Nothing in this section shall create a right to judicial review or place any limit on filing a claim that a person has violated the terms of a permit, license, or approval. Subsection
(a)shall not apply to or supersede a claim subject to section 139(l)(1) of title 23, United States Code. In this section, the term mineral project means a project— located on— a mining claim, millsite claim, or tunnel site claim for any mineral; lands open to mineral entry; or a Federal mineral lease; and for the purposes of exploring for or producing minerals.