42 USC § 4336f - Project sponsor opt-in fees for environmental reviews

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s4336f"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 4336f - Project sponsor opt-in fees for environmental reviews"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "4336f"
section_name: "Project sponsor opt-in fees for environmental reviews"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "POLICIES AND GOALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–190, title I, § 112, as added Pub. L. 119–21, title VI, § 60026, July 4, 2025, 139 Stat. 157.)"
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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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–190, title I, § 112, as added Pub. L. 119–21, title VI, § 60026, July 4, 2025, 139 Stat. 157.)