H.R. 6482 — what changed
Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act
From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 added between Introduced in House and Reported in House.
Sec. 4 Findings
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pursuant to section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4336c), as amended by section 321(b) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Public Law 118–5), the Bureau of Land Management announced on April 15, 2024, it had adopted categorical exclusions from the Department of the Navy and the United States Forest Service for geothermal exploration; and
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if appropriately used, these categorical exclusions are expected to expedite the review and approval of geothermal exploration proposals on Bureau of Land Management lands.