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H.R. 4383 (112th)

Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2012

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

18 April 2012

Last action

15 June 2012 · Reported

Status

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 376.

Sponsors

Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5], Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6], Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6], Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2], Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3], Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6], Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3], Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10], Rep. Nunnelee, Alan [R-MS-1], Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5], Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3], Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11], Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]

Subjects

Environment, Agriculture, Energy

Source updated

7 April 2025

Environment · Agriculture · Energy

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Summary

Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2012 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to revise requirements for the issuance of permits to drill in energy projects on federal lands. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to extend the initial 30-day permit application review period for up to 2 periods of 15 days each, if the Secretary has given written notice of the delay to the applicant. Deems a permit application approved if the Secretary has not made a decision on it by 60 days after its receipt. Prescribes a notice requirement for denial of an application. Requires the Secretary to collect a single $6,500 permit processing fee per application from each applicant at the time the decision is made whether or not to issue a permit. Requires 50% of fees collected as annual wind energy and solar energy right-of-way authorization fees be transferred to the field office where they are collected and used to process permits, right-of-way applications, and other activities necessary for renewable energy development. Requires the Secretary to collect a $5,000 documentation fee to accompany each protest for a lease, right of way, or application for permit to drill. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a Federal Permit Streamlining Project in every Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Field office with responsibility for permitting energy projects on federal land, and (2) enter into a related memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers. Requires federal signatories to such memorandum to assign staff with special expertise to field offices. States that the Secretary shall not require a finding of extraordinary circumstances related to a categorical exclusion in administering the Energy Policy Act of 2005 with respect to review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. (A categorical exclusion [CE or CX] is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and for which, as a consequence, neither an environmental assessment [EA] nor an environmental impact statement [EIS] is required. If a proposed action is included in the description provided for a listed CE established by an agency, the agency must check to make sure that no extraordinary circumstances exist that may cause the proposed action to have a significant effect in a particular situation. Extraordinary circumstances typically include such matters as effects to endangered species, protected cultural sites, and wetlands. If the proposed action is not included in the description in the agency's CE, or there are extraordinary circumstances, the agency must prepare an EA or an EIS, or develop a new proposal that may qualify for application of a CE.) Sets forth procedures for judicial review of leasing of federal lands for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, wind, or any other energy source of energy.

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Timeline

  1. 18 April 2012

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 18 April 2012

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 18 April 2012

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 19 April 2012

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

    Source: Committee

  5. 26 April 2012

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

  6. 16 May 2012

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.

    Source: Committee

  7. 16 May 2012

    Vote

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 15.

    Source: Committee

  8. 16 May 2012

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  9. 15 June 2012

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 376.

    Source: Calendars

  10. 15 June 2012

    Discharge

    Committee on Judiciary discharged.

    Source: Discharge

  11. 15 June 2012

    Committee

    Committee on Judiciary discharged.

    Source: Committee

  12. 15 June 2012

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-528, Part I.

    Source: Committee

  13. 15 June 2012

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-528, Part I.

    Source: Committee

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