Project Sponsor Opt-In Fees for Environmental Reviews
Section 60026 · Sec. 60026 ·
What this chapter is about
This part lets a project sponsor pay for its own environmental review. The fee is 125 percent of the expected cost. In return the review must be finished on a set clock. A shorter study is due in 180 days and a full one in a year.
The document says “shall”Who acts: project sponsorsHow: statuteSec. 60026 in the PDF
What the document says
“A project sponsor that intends to pay a fee under this section for the preparation, or supervision of the preparation, of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement for a project shall submit to the Council--”
The section adds a new section 112 to title I of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.). A project sponsor meaning to pay the fee must send the Council a description of the project and a declaration of whether it intends to prepare the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement itself under section 107(f).
What the document actually says
“A project sponsor that intends to pay a fee under this section for the preparation, or supervision of the preparation, of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement for a project shall submit to the Council--”
That sentence, in plain words
A sponsor may choose to pay for its own review. To do so it must send in the two things listed below.
What this is about
One is a description of the project. The other says whether the sponsor will write the review itself. Both go to a federal council.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Council on Environmental QualityHow: statuteSec. 60026 in the PDF
What the document says
“Not later than 15 days after the date on which the Council receives information described in paragraph (1) from a project sponsor, the Council shall provide to the project sponsor notice of the amount of the fee to be paid under this section”
The section requires the Council to tell the project sponsor the amount of the fee within 15 days of receiving the sponsor's information, and lets the sponsor pay the fee after receiving that notice.
What the document actually says
“Not later than 15 days after the date on which the Council receives information described in paragraph (1) from a project sponsor, the Council shall provide to the project sponsor notice of the amount of the fee to be paid under this section”
That sentence, in plain words
The council must write back within 15 days. It must say how much the fee will be.
What this is about
The clock starts when the sponsor's papers arrive. The sponsor may then pay. Paying is a choice, not a duty.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Council on Environmental QualityHow: statuteSec. 60026 in the PDF
What the document says
“an environmental assessment for which a fee is paid under this section shall be completed not later than 180 days after the date on which the fee is paid; and”
The section provides that, notwithstanding section 107(g)(1) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, an environmental assessment for which the fee is paid must be finished within 180 days of payment, and an environmental impact statement for which the fee is paid must be finished within one year of the notice of intent to prepare it.
What the document actually says
“an environmental assessment for which a fee is paid under this section shall be completed not later than 180 days after the date on which the fee is paid; and”
That sentence, in plain words
A shorter review must be finished within 180 days. The clock starts when the fee is paid.
What this is about
A full review gets a year instead. Its clock starts from a public notice. Both deadlines override an older rule.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Council on Environmental QualityHow: statuteSec. 60026 in the PDF
What the document says
“125 percent of the anticipated costs to prepare the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement; and”
The section sets the fee at 125 percent of the anticipated costs of preparing the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement, and, where the sponsor prepares it in whole or in part under section 107(f), at 125 percent of the anticipated costs of supervising the preparation and, as applicable, preparing it.
What the document actually says
“125 percent of the anticipated costs to prepare the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement; and”
That sentence, in plain words
The fee is 125 percent of the expected cost. That is the cost of writing the review.
What this is about
So the sponsor pays a quarter more than the cost. The same rate applies if the sponsor writes it. In that case it covers the cost of oversight.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Each distinct thing the new section does: what a sponsor must submit, the notice of the fee within 15 days, the choice to pay, the deadlines that follow payment, and the amount of the fee.
Nothing in the section is left out. It adds one section and each of its parts is recorded.
The section adds a section to title I of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and points to sections 107(f) and 107(g)(1) of that Act, which are not indexed here, so what those provisions require cannot be checked against anything on this site.
