---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 17201"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "17201"
heading: "Applicability of other laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/17201"
units:
  - "Chapter 152 — Energy Independence and Security"
  - "Subchapter V — Accelerated Research and Development"
  - "Part B — Geothermal Energy"
---

# §17201. Applicability of other laws


Nothing in this part shall be construed as waiving, modifying, or superseding the applicability of any requirement under any environmental or other Federal or [State](/usc/42/17151.md?p=6) law. To the extent that activities authorized in this part take place in coastal and ocean areas, the [Secretary](/usc/42/17001.md?p=3) shall consult with the [Secretary](/usc/42/17001.md?p=3) of Commerce, acting through the Under [Secretary](/usc/42/17001.md?p=3) of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, regarding the potential marine environmental impacts and measures to address such impacts.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–140, title VI, § 622, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1684.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.