shall publish such notice in the Federal Register. The Sec-
retary also shall provide written notification of the receipt 
of a notice under subsection (a) to all State and local agen-
cies and Indian tribes that may be required to issue permits 
for the construction of the project or related activities. The 
Secretary shall solicit the cooperation of those agencies and 
request their entry into a memorandum of agreement de-
scribed in subsection (c) with respect to the project. Within 
30 days after publication of the notice in the Federal Reg-
ister, State and local agencies and Indian tribes that intend 
to enter into the memorandum of agreement with respect 
to the project shall notify the Secretary of their intent in 
writing. 
(c) SCHEDULING AGREEMENT.—Within 90 days after 
the date of receipt of notice under subsection (a) with re-
spect to a project, the Secretary of the Interior, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, as necessary, and any State or 
local agencies that have notified the Secretary under sub-
section (b) shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary 
establishing a schedule of decisionmaking for approval of 
the project and permits associated with the project and with 
related activities. 
(d) CONTENTS OF AGREEMENT.—An agreement en-
tered into under subsection (c) with respect to a project,
to the extent practicable, shall consolidate hearing and com-
ment periods, procedures for data collection and report 
preparation, and the environmental review and permitting 
processes associated with the project and related activities. 
The agreement shall detail, to the extent possible, the non-
Federal interest’s responsibilities for data development and 
information that may be necessary to process each permit 
required for the project, including a schedule when the in-
formation and data will be provided to the appropriate 
Federal, State, or local agency or Indian tribe. 
(e) REVISION OF AGREEMENT.—The Secretary may re-
vise an agreement entered into under subsection (c) with 
respect to a project once to extend the schedule to allow the 
non-Federal interest the minimum amount of additional 
time necessary to revise its original application to meet the 
objections of a Federal, State, or local agency or Indian 
tribe that is a party to the agreement. 
(f) FINAL DECISION.—Not later than the final day of 
a schedule established by an agreement entered into under 
subsection (c) with respect to a project, the Secretary shall 
notify the non-Federal interest of the final decision on the 
project and whether the permit or permits have been issued. 
(g) REIMBURSEMENT.—
(1) COSTS
OF
COORDINATION.—The costs in-
curred by the Secretary to establish and carry out a
schedule to consolidate Federal, State, and local agen-
cy and Indian tribe environmental assessments, 
project reviews, and permit issuance for a project 
under this section shall be paid by the non-Federal 
interest. 
(2) COSTS
INCURRED
TO
EXPEDITE
PERMITS 
AND REVIEWS.—
(A) 
ACCEPTANCE
OF
NON-FEDERAL 
FUNDS.—The Secretary may accept funds from 
the non-Federal interest to hire additional staff 
or obtain the services of consultants, or to pro-
vide financial, technical, and administrative 
support to agencies that have entered into an 
agreement with the Secretary under subsection 
(c) with respect to a project in order to facilitate 
the timely processing, review, and completion of 
applicable Federal, State, and local agency and 
Indian tribe environmental assessments, project 
reviews, and permits for the project. 
(B) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds accepted under 
this paragraph shall be used to supplement exist-
ing resources of the Secretary or a participating 
agency. 
(C) ASSURANCE OF LEVEL OF SERVICE AND 
IMPARTIALITY.—The Secretary shall ensure that