Sec. 4. Compliance with other Federal law
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During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is 2 years after the date on which the last lease sale required to be held under section 3 is held, with respect to each lease sale held, lease issued, and any activity associated with a lease issued pursuant to section 3, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ), or section 50264 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ) that requires a Federal authorization in the Gulf of America— compliance with the biological opinion issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service titled Biological Opinion on the Federally Regulated Oil and Gas Program Activities in the Gulf of Mexico and the incidental take statement associated with such biological opinion (published March 12, 2020, and updated April 26, 2021) shall be deemed to be compliance with each applicable requirement of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ) and the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. ); the document published by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management titled Gulf of Mexico OCS Lease Sales 259 and 261 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (OCS EIS/EA BOEM 2023–001;
January 2023) and the documents tiered to and incorporated by reference therein shall be deemed sufficient to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) and division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code (commonly referred to as the National Historic Preservation Act ); and the consistency determinations prepared by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management under section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1456 ) for Lease Sale 261 for the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida shall be deemed sufficient to comply with that section ( 16 U.S.C. 1456 ).
Notwithstanding the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ) and the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. ), a reasonable and prudent alternative or mitigation measures for Balaenoptera ricei shall not have any force or effect nor apply to any oil and gas operation in the Gulf of America, for oil and gas activities in the Gulf of America which would impact a lessee’s activities authorized under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ), section 50264 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ), or this Act with respect to offshore oil and gas exploration, development, and production.
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