1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act”.
Proportional Reviews for Broadband Deployment Act
A BILL
To provide that an eligible facilities request under section 6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 is categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews.
2. Application of NEPA and NHPA to wireless facilities deployment
Section 6409(a)(3) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1455(a)) is amended to read as follows:
“(3) Application of NEPA; NHPA
“(A) NEPA categorical exclusion
“(i) In general—An eligible facilities request shall be categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332).
“(ii) Relation to extraordinary circumstances procedures—The use of the categorical exclusion under clause (i) shall not be considered to include extraordinary circumstances under section 220.6 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, or section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor to those regulations).
“(B) National historic preservation act exemption—An eligible facilities request shall not be considered an undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United States Code.”