S.Amdt. 2983

SA 2983. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. King))
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2953
proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the
modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of section 2309 (relating to electric
transmission infrastructure permitting), add the following:
(d) Geomatic Data.--If a Federal or State department or
agency considering an aspect of an application for Federal
authorization requires the applicant to submit environmental
data, the department or agency--
(1) shall consider any such data gathered by geomatic
techniques, including tools and techniques used in land
surveying, remote sensing, cartography, geographic
information systems, global navigation satellite systems,
photogrammetry, geophysics, geography, or other remote means;
and
(2) may grant a conditional approval for Federal
authorization, subject to the verification of those data
through a subsequent onsite inspection.
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