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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 1456 (Introduced in Senate) — To provide for certain energy development, permitting reforms, and for other purposes. · Sec. 1204

Sec. 1204. Fee-fee-fed permitting compliance

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Notwithstanding the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. ), the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 ( 30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ), or subpart 3162 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), the Secretary of the Interior shall issue a categorical exclusion pursuant to section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15942 ) for an application for permit to drill into and produce Federal minerals from a well pad constructed on entirely non-Federal lands.
Section 17(g) of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 226(g) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: For an application for a permit to drill into and produce Federal minerals from a well pad constructed on entirely non-Federal lands, the Secretary shall limit review pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( . 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ), section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1536 ), and section 306108 of title 54, United States Code, only to the approval of the permit.
The Secretary shall have no authority to require a bond to protect non-Federal lands, to enter non-Federal lands without the consent of the applicable landowner, or to require mitigation of surface disturbances on non-Federal lands.
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Sec. 1204
Fee-fee-fed permitting compliance
U.S.C.§ 181
U.S.C.§ 1701
U.S.C.§ 15942
U.S.C.§ 226
U.S.C.§ 4321
U.S.C.§ 1536
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