Us Code § 2348a - NEPA reporting
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§ 2348a. NEPA reporting
(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 2282 of this title 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).
(Pub. L. 117–263, div. H, title LXXXI, §8134, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3721.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, referred to in subsec. (a)(5), is Pub. L. 91–190, Jan. 1, 1970, 83 Stat. 852, which is classified generally to chapter 55 (§4321 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4321 of Title 42 and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022, and also as part of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
"Secretary" Defined
Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 8002 of Pub. L. 117–263, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
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