Sec. 80132. Ambler Road in Alaska
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Section 201(4)(b) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 410hh(4)(b)) is amended by adding at the end In accordance with the provisions of this subsection, each Federal agency shall approve each authorization within its jurisdiction with respect to the surface transportation corridor and each such Federal agency shall promptly issue, in accordance with applicable law, such rights-of-way, permits, licenses, leases, certificates, or other authorizations as are necessary with respect to the establishment of the surface transportation corridor, including the Secretary, who shall permit such access across all Federal land and public lands, including across the Western (Kobuk River) unit of the Gates of the Arctic National Preserve administered by the National Park Service and the Central Yukon Planning Area administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
Each such authorization shall be deemed to satisfy all requirements of all applicable Federal law and shall not be subject to judicial review. . Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary shall— rescind the record of decision published by the Bureau of Land Management titled Ambler Road Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (June 2024); reinstate, as amended if the Secretary determines necessary, and publish in the Federal Register the Joint Record of Decision, which selected Alternative A as the preferred alternative; and issue to the Applicant all Federal rights-of-way on Federal land and public lands, and any associated permits, approvals, or other authorizations, as necessary to implement the Joint Record of Decision published under paragraph (2).
The rental fee paid by the Applicant to the Bureau of Land Management for a right-of-way issued pursuant to subsection (b)(3) shall be $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034. Receipts derived from adjusted rental receipts under subsection
(c)shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. An action taken by the Secretary pursuant to this section is not subject to judicial review. Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Applicant may seek review of an alleged failure by the Secretary to act in accordance with this section. In this section: The term Alternative A means Alternative A as described in Section 2 (Alternatives) of the document titled Ambler Road Environmental Impact Statement, Final, Volume 1: Chapters 1–3, Appendices A–F) (March 2020) . The term Applicant has the meaning given the term in the document titled Ambler Road Environmental Impact Statement, Final, Volume 1: Chapters 1–3, Appendices A–F) (March 2020) . The term Federal land has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3102 ). The term Joint Record of Decision means the Joint Record of Decision as described in the document titled Ambler Road Environmental Impact Statement Joint Record of Decision (July 2020) . The term public lands has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3102 ). The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
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