16 U.S.C. § 1466: Appeals relating to offshore…

Summary

For any federal appeal under section 319 of the Coastal Zone Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1465) about a federal permit, approval, or other authorization for an energy project, the main federal agency in charge of the permit must keep one combined record of every decision or action by that agency or any other federal or state agency or official. That combined record will be the starting record for the appeal and can only be added to in the specific ways allowed by section 319.

Title 16, §1466

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For any Federal administrative agency proceeding that is an appeal or review under section 319 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1465) related to any Federal authorization for the permitting, approval, or other authorization of an energy project, the lead Federal permitting agency for the project shall, with the cooperation of Federal and State administrative agencies, maintain a consolidated record of all decisions made or actions taken by the lead agency or by another Federal or State administrative agency or officer. Such record shall be the initial record for appeals or reviews under that Act, provided that the record may be supplemented as expressly provided pursuant to section 319 of that Act.

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, referred to in text, is title III of Pub. L. 89–454, as added by Pub. L. 92–583, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1280, which is classified generally to this chapter (§ 1451 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1451 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and not as part of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 which comprises this chapter.

§1466 Appeals Relating to Offshore Mineral Development