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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-617—NOV. 9, 1978

92 STAT. 3159

applications filed under section 504 and for obtaining information necessary for environmental impact statements required under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) with respect to such proposed systems. (b) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—(1) On his own initiative or at the request of the head of any Federal agency covered by the review schedule established under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall require that an applicant provide such additional information as may be necessary to conduct the review of the applicant's proposal. Such information may include— (A) specific details of the route (and alternative routes) and identification of Federal lands affected by any such route; (B) information necessary for environmental impact statements; and (C) information necessary for the President's determination under section 507(a). (2) If, within a reasonable time, an applicant does not— (A) provide information required under this subsection, or (B) comply with any requirement of section 304 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2765; 43 U.S.C. 1734), the Secretary of the Interior may declare the application ineligible for consideration under this title. After making such a declaration, the Secretary of the Interior shall notify the applicant and the President of such ineligibility. (c) RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HEADS OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—(1) Pursuant to the schedule established under subsection (a), heads of Federal agencies covered by such schedule shall conduct a review of a proposed crude oil transportation system eligible for consideration under this title and shall submit their recommendations concerning such systems (and the basis for such recommendations) to the Secretary of the Interior for submission to the President. After receipt of such recommendations and before their submission to the President, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide an opportunity for comments in accordance with paragraph (2). The Secretary of the Interior shall forward such comments to the President with the recommendations— (A) in the case of applications filed under section 504(1), on or before December 1, 1978, and (B) in the case of applications filed under section 504(2), on or before the 60th day after December 1, 1978. (2)(A) After receipt of recommendations under paragraph (1) the Secretary of the Interior shall provide appropriate means by which the Governor and any other official of any State and any official of any political subdivision of a State, may submit written comments concerning proposed crude oil transportation systems eligible for consideration under this title. (B) After receipt of recommendations referred to in subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Interior shall make such comments and recommendations available to the public and provide an opportunity for submission of written comments. i

Notification to the President, Crude oil transportation system, review,

(d) REVIEW BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; ^EFFECT ON THE ANTITRUST LAWS.—(1) Promptly after he receives ait application for

a proposed crude oil transportation system eligible for consideration under this title, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Federal Trade Commission a copy of such application and such other information as the Commission may reasonably require. The Com- Report to President.