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project sponsor, and all cooperating agen-
cies; or 
‘‘(ii) the deadline is extended by the 
lead agency for good cause. 
‘‘(4) 
DEADLINES
FOR
DECISIONS
UNDER 
OTHER LAWS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, in any case in which a decision under any 
other Federal law relating to the undertaking of a 
project being reviewed under NEPA (including the 
issuance or denial of a permit or license) is required 
to be made, the following deadlines shall apply: 
‘‘(A) DECISIONS PRIOR TO RECORD OF DE-
CISION
OR
FINDING
OF
NO
SIGNIFICANT
IM-
PACT.—If a Federal agency is required to ap-
prove, or otherwise to act upon, a permit, li-
cense, or other similar application for approval 
related to a project prior to the record of deci-
sion or finding of no significant impact, such 
Federal agency shall approve or otherwise act 
not later than the end of a 90-day period begin-
ning— 
‘‘(i) after all other relevant agency re-
view related to the project is complete; and 
‘‘(ii) after the lead agency publishes a 
notice of the availability of the final envi-
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ronmental impact statement or issuance of 
other final environmental documents, or no 
later than such other date that is otherwise 
required by law, whichever event occurs 
first. 
‘‘(B) OTHER DECISIONS.—With regard to 
any approval or other action related to a project 
by a Federal agency that is not subject to sub-
paragraph (A), each Federal agency shall ap-
prove or otherwise act not later than the end of 
a period of 180 days beginning— 
‘‘(i) after all other relevant agency re-
view related to the project is complete; and 
‘‘(ii) after the lead agency issues the 
record of decision or finding of no signifi-
cant impact, unless a different deadline is 
established by agreement of the Federal 
agency, lead agency, and the project spon-
sor, where applicable, or the deadline is ex-
tended by the Federal agency for good 
cause, provided that such extension shall 
not extend beyond a period that is 1 year 
after the lead agency issues the record of 
decision or finding of no significant im-
pact. 
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‘‘(C) FAILURE TO ACT.—In the event that 
any Federal agency fails to approve, or other-
wise to act upon, a permit, license, or other 
similar application for approval related to a 
project within the applicable deadline described 
in subparagraph (A) or (B), the permit, license, 
or other similar application shall be deemed ap-
proved by such agency and the agency shall 
take action in accordance with such approval 
within 30 days of the applicable deadline de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
‘‘(D) FINAL
AGENCY
ACTION.—Any ap-
proval under subparagraph (C) is deemed to be 
final agency action, and may not be reversed by 
any agency. In any action under chapter 7 seek-
ing review of such a final agency action, the 
court may not set aside such agency action by 
reason of that agency action having occurred 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(j) ISSUE IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION.— 
‘‘(1) COOPERATION.—The lead agency and the 
cooperating agencies shall work in accordance with 
this section to identify and resolve issues that could 
delay completion of the environmental review or 
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could result in denial of any approvals required for 
the project under applicable laws. 
‘‘(2) LEAD
AGENCY
RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 
lead agency shall make information available to the 
cooperating agencies as early as practicable in the 
environmental review regarding the environmental, 
historic, and socioeconomic resources located within 
the project area and the general locations of the al-
ternatives under consideration. Such information 
may be based on existing data sources, including ge-
ographic information systems mapping. 
‘‘(3) 
COOPERATING
AGENCY
RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—Based on information received from the lead 
agency, cooperating agencies shall identify, as early 
as practicable, any issues of concern regarding the 
project’s potential environmental, historic, or socio-
economic impacts. In this paragraph, issues of con-
cern include any issues that could substantially delay 
or prevent an agency from granting a permit or 
other approval that is needed for the project. 
‘‘(4) ISSUE RESOLUTION.— 
‘‘(A) MEETING
OF
COOPERATING
AGEN-
CIES.—At any time upon request of a project 
sponsor, the lead agency shall promptly convene 
a meeting with the relevant cooperating agen-
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cies and the project sponsor, to resolve issues 
that could delay completion of the environ-
mental review or could result in denial of any 
approvals required for the project under appli-
cable laws. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE THAT RESOLUTION CANNOT 
BE
ACHIEVED.—If a resolution cannot be 
achieved within 30 days following such a meet-
ing and a determination by the lead agency that 
all information necessary to resolve the issue 
has been obtained, the lead agency shall notify 
the heads of all cooperating agencies, the 
project sponsor, and the Council on Environ-
mental Quality for further proceedings in ac-
cordance with section 204 of NEPA, and shall 
publish such notification in the Federal Reg-
ister. 
‘‘(k) LIMITATION ON USE OF SOCIAL COST OF CAR-
BON.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any environ-
mental review or environmental decisionmaking 
process, a lead agency may not use the social cost 
of carbon. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘social cost of carbon’ means the social cost of car-
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