A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to issue guidance relating to the review of applications for alteration or temporary or permanent occupation or use of certain hydropower projects, and for other purposes.

This bill would require the Secretary of the Army to issue guidance within 1 year for reviewing applications to alter or use Army Corps of Engineers projects in connection with non-federal hydropower projects (known as section 408 applications). The guidance would set a standard checklist of required materials, define what makes an application complete, and lay out timelines and scope for phased design reviews. It would also create procedures to send an application to higher Corps officials when a deadline is missed. The bill would limit the initial completeness review to checking documents and format, and would bar reviewers from doing detailed engineering review or requesting design changes at that stage.

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Sponsors

• Steve Daines Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors