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[CITE: 42USC7274]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                Part C--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 7274. Environmental impact statements relating to defense 
        facilities of Department of Energy
        
    (1) The Secretary may not proceed with the preparation of an 
environmental impact statement relating to the construction or operation 
of a defense facility of the Department of Energy if the estimated cost 
of preparing such statement exceeds $250,000 unless--
        (A) the Secretary has notified the Committees on Armed Services 
    of the Senate and the House of Representatives of his intent to 
    prepare such statement and a period of thirty days has expired after 
    the date on which such notice was received by such committees; or
        (B) the Secretary has received from each such committee, before 
    the expiration of such thirty-day period, a written notice that the 
    committee agrees with the decision of the Secretary regarding the 
    preparation of such statement.

    (2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of 
any environmental impact statement on which the Secretary began 
preparation before December 4, 1981.

(Pub. L. 97-90, title II, Sec. 212(b), Dec. 4, 1981, 95 Stat. 1171.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Department of Energy National 
Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act 
of 1982, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
which comprises this chapter.


     National Environmental Policy Act Compliance Report Requirement

    Pub. L. 101-510, div. C, title XXXI, Sec. 3133, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 
Stat. 1832, directed Secretary of Energy, not later than 30 days after 
the end of each quarter of fiscal years 1991 and 1992, to submit to 
Congress a brief report on Department of Energy's compliance with 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), 
which was to contain a brief description of each proposed action to be 
taken by the Department of Energy, the environmental impact of which was 
not clearly insignificant, and a description of the steps taken or 
proposed to be taken by the Department of Energy to assess the 
environmental impact of the proposed action, and if the Secretary found 
that the proposed action of the Department of Energy would have no 
significant impact, the Secretary was to include the rationale for that 
determination.
