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approvals as may be required under Federal law in order to 
site a transmission facility. 
‘‘(2) The Department of Energy shall act as the lead agency 
for purposes of coordinating all applicable Federal authorizations 
and related environmental reviews of the facility. 
‘‘(3) To the maximum extent practicable under applicable Fed-
eral law, the Secretary shall coordinate the Federal authorization 
and review process under this subsection with any Indian tribes, 
multistate entities, and State agencies that are responsible for 
conducting any separate permitting and environmental reviews of 
the facility, to ensure timely and efficient review and permit 
decisions. 
‘‘(4)(A) As head of the lead agency, the Secretary, in consultation 
with agencies responsible for Federal authorizations and, as appro-
priate, with Indian tribes, multistate entities, and State agencies 
that are willing to coordinate their own separate permitting and 
environmental reviews with the Federal authorization and environ-
mental reviews, shall establish prompt and binding intermediate 
milestones and ultimate deadlines for the review of, and Federal 
authorization decisions relating to, the proposed facility. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall ensure that, once an application has 
been submitted with such data as the Secretary considers necessary, 
all permit decisions and related environmental reviews under all 
applicable Federal laws shall be completed— 
‘‘(i) within 1 year; or 
‘‘(ii) if a requirement of another provision of Federal law 
does not permit compliance with clause (i), as soon thereafter 
as is practicable. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall provide an expeditious pre-application 
mechanism for prospective applicants to confer with the agencies 
involved to have each such agency determine and communicate 
to the prospective applicant not later than 60 days after the prospec-
tive applicant submits a request for such information concerning— 
‘‘(i) the likelihood of approval for a potential facility; and 
‘‘(ii) key issues of concern to the agencies and public. 
‘‘(5)(A) As lead agency head, the Secretary, in consultation 
with the affected agencies, shall prepare a single environmental 
review document, which shall be used as the basis for all decisions 
on the proposed project under Federal law. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary and the heads of other agencies shall stream-
line the review and permitting of transmission within corridors 
designated under section 503 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1763) by fully taking into account 
prior analyses and decisions relating to the corridors. 
‘‘(C) The document shall include consideration by the relevant 
agencies of any applicable criteria or other matters as required 
under applicable law. 
‘‘(6)(A) If any agency has denied a Federal authorization 
required for a transmission facility, or has failed to act by the 
deadline established by the Secretary pursuant to this section for 
deciding whether to issue the authorization, the applicant or any 
State in which the facility would be located may file an appeal 
with the President, who shall, in consultation with the affected 
agency, review the denial or failure to take action on the pending 
application. 
‘‘(B) Based on the overall record and in consultation with the 
affected agency, the President may—