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PUBLIC LAW 93-153~NOV. 16, 1973
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system is Generally described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement issued by the Department of the Interior on March 20, 11)72. The route of the pipeline may be modified by the Secretary to pro\ide during construction greater environmental protection. (c) Kights-of-way, permits, leases, and other authorizations issued pursuant to this title by the Secretary shall be subject to the provisions of section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by title I of this Act (except the provisions of subsections (h)(1), (k), (q), (w) ^"'®' P- ^'^^• (2), and (x)); all authorizations issued by the Secretary and other Federal officers and agencies pursuant to this title shall include the terms and conditions required, and may include the terms and conditions permitted, by the provisions of law that would otherwise be applicable if this title had not been enacted, and they may waive any procedural requirements of law or regulation which they deem desira;. ^ tble to waive in order to accomplish the purposes of this title. The direction C(mtained in section 203(b) shall supersede the provisions of any hiw or regulation relating to an administrative determination as to whether the authorizations for construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline shall be issued. (d) The actions taken pursuant to this title which relate to the construction and completion of the pipeline system, and to the applications tiled in connection therewith necessary to the pipeline's operation at full capacity, as described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement of the Department of the Interior, shall be taken without furStat. 852. ther action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; and 83 USC 4321 42 the actions of the Federal officers concerning the issuance of the noTe. necessary rights-of-way, permits, leases, and other authorizations for construction and initial operation at full capacity of said pipeline system shall not be subject to judicial review under any law except that claims alleging the invalidity of this section may be brought within sixty days following its enactment, and claims alleging that an action will deny rights under the Constitution of the United States, or that i.^sc prec title the action is beyond the scope of authority conferred by this title, may be brought within sixty days following the date of such action. A claim shall be barred unless a complaint is filed within the time specified. Any such complaint shall be filed in a United States district court, and such court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine such proceeding in accordance with the procedures hereinafter provided, and no other court of the United States, of any State, territory, or possession of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, shall have jurisdiction of any such claim whether in a proceeding instituted prior to or on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Any such proceeding Hearings, shall be assigned for hearing at the earliest possible date, shall take precedence over all other matters pending on the docket of the district court at that time, and shall be expedited in every way by such court. Such court shall not have jurisdiction to grant any injunctive relief Jigainst the issuance of any right-of-way, permit, lease, or other authorization pursuant to this section except in conjunction with a final judgment entered in a case involving a claim filed pursuant to this section. Any re\iew of an interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of j^ucli district court may be had only upon direct appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. (e) The Secretary of the Interior and the other Federal officers Amendments; , '
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and agencies are authorized at any time when necessary to protect the public interest, pursuant to the authority of this section and in accordance with its provisions, to amend or modify any right-of-way, permit, lease, or other authorization issued under this title.
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