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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 · Sec. 8134

Sec. 8134. NEPA REPORTING

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## SEC. 8134 NEPA REPORTING **[**[33 U.S.C. 2348a](/us/usc/t33/s2348a)**]** ###
(a)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Categorical exclusion The term “categorical exclusion” has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). ####
(2)Environmental assessment The term “environmental assessment” has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). ####
(3)Environmental impact statement The term “environmental impact statement” means a detailed written statement required under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). ####
(4)Finding of no significant impact The term “finding of no significant impact” has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). ####
(5)Project study The term “project study” means a feasibility study for a project carried out pursuant to section 905 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2282) for which a categorical exclusion may apply, or an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement is required, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). ###
(b)Reports ####
(1)NEPA data #####
(A)In general The Secretary shall carry out a process to track, and annually submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, a report containing the information described in subparagraph (B). #####
(B)Information described The information referred to in subparagraph
(A)is, with respect to the Corps of Engineers— ######
(i)the number of project studies for which a categorical exclusion was used during the reporting period; ######
(ii)the number of project studies for which the decision to use a categorical exclusion, to prepare an environmental assessment, or to prepare an environmental impact statement is pending on the date on which the report is submitted; ######
(iii)the number of project studies for which an environmental assessment was issued during the reporting period, broken down by whether a finding of no significant impact, if applicable, was based on mitigation; ######
(iv)the length of time the Corps of Engineers took to complete each environmental assessment described in clause (iii); ######
(v)the number of project studies pending on the date on which the report is submitted for which an environmental assessment is being drafted; ######
(vi)the number of project studies for which an environmental impact statement was issued during the reporting period; ######
(vii)the length of time the Corps of Engineers took to complete each environmental impact statement described in clause (vi); and ######
(viii)the number of project studies pending on the date on which the report is submitted for which an environmental impact statement is being drafted. ####
(2)Public access to nepa reports The Secretary shall make each annual report required under paragraph
(1)publicly available (including on a publicly available website).
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