Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§4336f Project Sponsor Opt-in Fees for Environmental Reviews

Title 42 › CHAPTER 55 — NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY › SUBCHAPTER I — POLICIES AND GOALS › § 4336f

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Project sponsors who want to pay for an environmental assessment (EA) or environmental impact statement (EIS) must send the Council on Environmental Quality a short project description and say whether they plan to prepare the EA or EIS under section 4336a(f). The Council must tell the sponsor the fee amount within 15 days of getting that information. The sponsor can pay after getting the notice. If a fee is paid, an EA must be finished within 180 days after payment, and an EIS must be finished within 1 year after the notice of intent is published. The fee is 125 percent of the expected cost to prepare the EA or EIS. If the sponsor will prepare or supervise the review under section 4336a(f), the fee is 125 percent of the expected cost to supervise and/or prepare it.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §4336f

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Process

(1)Project sponsor (2) Council on Environmental Quality

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—

(A)a description of the project; and

(B)a declaration of whether the project sponsor intends to prepare the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under section 4336a(f) of this title.

(3)Payment of fee

A project sponsor may pay a fee under this section after receipt of the notice described in paragraph (2).

(4)Deadline for environmental reviews for which a fee is paid

Notwithstanding section 4336a(g)(1) of this title—

(A)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

(B)an environmental impact statement for which a fee is paid under this section shall be completed not later than 1 year after the date of publication of the notice of intent to prepare the environmental impact statement.

(b)Fee amount

The amount of a fee under this section shall be—

(1)125 percent of the anticipated costs to prepare the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement; and

(2)in the case of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement to be prepared in whole or in part by a project sponsor under section 4336a(f) of this title, 125 percent of the anticipated costs to supervise preparation of, and, as applicable, prepare, the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 4336f

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110