Sec. 20222. One Federal decision for pipelines
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Chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary of Transportation shall apply the project development procedures, to the greatest extent feasible, described in section 139 of title 23 to any pipeline project that requires the approval of the Secretary under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ). In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall incorporate into agency regulations and procedures pertaining to pipeline projects described in paragraph
(1)aspects of such project development procedures, or portions thereof, determined appropriate by the Secretary in a manner consistent with this section, that increase the efficiency of the review of pipeline projects. The Secretary may choose not to incorporate into agency regulations and procedures pertaining to pipeline projects described in paragraph
(1)such project development procedures that could only feasibly apply to highway projects, public transportation capital projects, and multimodal projects. Subsection
(l)of section 139 of title 23 shall apply to pipeline projects described in paragraph (1). The Secretary shall maintain and make publicly available, including on the Internet, a database that identifies project-specific information on the use of a categorical exclusion on any pipeline project carried out under this title. . The analysis for chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 60144. Efficient environmental reviews and one Federal decision. .
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