Sec. 2. Notice to affected landowners
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Section 7(d) of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717f(d) ) is amended— by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through Application for certificates and inserting the following: Subject to paragraph (2), an application for a certificate ; and by adding at the end the following: An application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity under paragraph
(1)shall include— the name and address of each interested party on whom the Commission or the applicant is required to serve notice of the application under that paragraph; and a copy of the notice proposed to be served on each interested party under that paragraph. A notice served on an interested party under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A description of the proceeding before the Commission relating to the application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, which shall include the following statement: “‘If the applicant ([name of applicant]) wants to build the pipeline on property that you own, and the Commission issues the requested certificate of public convenience and necessity, then the applicant will have the right, subject to paying just compensation, to take your property for its project.’. Complete instructions on how the interested party can move to intervene in the proceeding described in the notice, including instructions on how to intervene— electronically; and through a paper filing. A clear statement of the contents required to be included in a motion to intervene in the proceeding described in the notice. The deadline for the interested party to move to intervene in the proceeding described in the notice. A section, separated from the remaining text of the notice and clearly displayed in bold print, informing the interested party that— in order to preserve the right to seek judicial review of a decision by the Commission relating to the certificate of public convenience and necessity, the interested party must intervene in the proceeding described in the notice; and intervention in the proceeding described in the notice is the only way to preserve the right to judicial review described in item (aa). The Commission shall— review each notice submitted to the Commission under subparagraph (A)(ii) to determine whether the notice meets the requirements described in clause (i); and approve the notice only if the notice meets— those requirements; and any other requirements that the Commission determines to be necessary to provide adequate notice. An applicant may not serve notice on an interested party under paragraph
(1)unless the notice has been approved by the Commission under clause (ii). A notice under paragraph
(1)shall be served on an interested party not later than 90 days before the last day on which the interested party may intervene in the proceeding described in the notice. On request of any person, the Commission shall disclose the names and addresses submitted to the Commission under subparagraph (A)(i), subject to such reasonable terms and conditions as the Commission determines to be appropriate. . Section 7(e) of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717f(e) ) is amended— by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through of this section, in the first sentence and inserting the following: Except in the cases governed by the provisos in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of subsection (c)(1), and subject to paragraphs
(2)through (4), ; in paragraph
(1)(as so designated), by striking necessity; otherwise in the first sentence and all that follows through The Commission in the second sentence and inserting the following: “necessity. The Commission shall deny any application for which the Commission has not made the findings described in paragraph (1). The Commission ; and by adding at the end the following: On issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity by the Commission, the applicant requesting the certificate shall provide to each interested party on whom the applicant served notice of the application under subsection
(d)a notice of the issuance of the certificate. Each notice under subparagraph
(A)shall include— complete instructions on how the recipient of the notice may apply for a rehearing before the Commission; a clear statement of the contents required to be included in an application for a rehearing before the Commission; the deadline for the recipient to file that application; the time period for seeking judicial review of a decision of the Commission on an application for rehearing; a statement in bold print informing the recipient that judicial review will not be available with respect to a decision of the Commission on any issue for which the recipient has not sought rehearing before the Commission; and a clear reference to— subsections
(a)and
(b)of section 19; and any rules issued under those subsections relating to the time or manner of seeking— a rehearing before the Commission; or judicial review of a decision of the Commission under this section, including any decision on a rehearing. No court shall have jurisdiction over any action to exercise the right of eminent domain under subsection
(h)with respect to any property covered by the applicable certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under this subsection unless the holder of the certificate has provided notice under this paragraph to each interested party described in subparagraph (A). .
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