CLEAN Act in plain language
1: Short title
This section states that the Act may be cited as the Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act or the CLEAN Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act or the CLEAN Act .
2: Geothermal leasing
This section would amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. It would change the required frequency of geothermal lease sales in each state with land available for geothermal leasing, from once every 2 years to once every year. It would add a new requirement that if a required yearly lease sale for a state is canceled or delayed, the Secretary of the Interior must hold a replacement sale during that same year. It would also add a new requirement that whenever the Secretary of the Interior holds one of these annual lease sales in a state, the Secretary must offer all nominated parcels that are eligible for geothermal development and utilization under the resource management plan in effect for that state. The existing paragraphs that come after would be renumbered to make room for these two new paragraphs, without changing their content. This section would also add new deadlines for the Secretary of the Interior to act on applications for geothermal drilling permits. Not later than 30 days after receiving an application, the Secretary must either give the applicant written notice that the application is complete, or notify the applicant that information is missing and specify what is required to complete it. If the Secretary determines that the application is complete, the Secretary must issue a final decision on the application not later than 30 days after notifying the applicant that it is complete.
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2. Geothermal leasing (a) Annual leasing Section 4(b) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 ( 30 U.S.C. 1003(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking 2 years and inserting year ; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and (3) after paragraph (2), by inserting the following: (3) Replacement Sales If a lease sale under paragraph (1) for a year is canceled or delayed, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a replacement sale during the same year. (4) Requirement In conducting a lease sale under paragraph (2) in a State described in that paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall offer all nominated parcels eligible for geothermal development and utilization under the resource management plan in effect for the State. . (b) Deadlines for consideration of geothermal drilling permits Section 4 of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 ( 30 U.S.C. 1003 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) Deadlines for consideration of geothermal drilling permits (1) Notice Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives an application for any geothermal drilling permit, the Secretary shall— (A) provide written notice to the applicant that the application is complete; or (B) notify the applicant that information is missing and specify any information that is required to be submitted for the application to be complete. (2) Issuance of decision If the Secretary determines that an application for a geothermal drilling permit is complete under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall issue a final decision on the application not later than 30 days after the Secretary notifies the applicant that the application is complete. .