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# Sec. 60026. Project sponsor opt-in fees for environmental reviews | Law as Amended
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- Published: 2025-07-31T15:41:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-26T11:20:15.000Z
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### §4336f. Project sponsor opt-in fees for environmental reviews

#### (a) Process

#### (1) Project sponsor

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.

#### (2) Council on Environmental Quality

Not later than 15 days after the date on which the Council receives information described in paragraph (1) from a project sponsor, the Council shall provide to the project sponsor notice of the amount of the fee to be paid under this section, as determined under subsection (b).

#### (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.

[\[1\]](#footnote-556-1)[42 USC 4336f: Project sponsor opt-in fees for environmental reviews](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?hl=false&edition=prelim&req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title42-section4336f&num=0&ref=obbba-ghost.demo.discussionbridge.dev)

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