CRUDE OIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS [Title V of Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; Public Law 95-617, 92 Stat. 3157] TITLE V-CRUDE OIL TRANSPORTATION SEC. 501. FINDINGS. SYSTEMS The Congress finds and declares that (1) a serious crude oil supply shortage may soon exist in portions of the United States; (2) a large surplus of crude oil on the west coast of the United States is projected; (3) any substantial curtailment of Canadian crude oil exports to the United States could create a severe crude oil shortage in the northern tier States; (4) pending the authorization and completion of west-to-east crude oil delivery systems, Alaskan crude oil in excess of west coast needs will be transshipped through the Panama Canal at a high transportation cost; (5) national security and regional supply requirements may be such that west-to-east crude delivery systems serving both the northern tier States and inland States, consistent with the requirements of section 410 of the Act approved November 16, 1973 (87 Stat. 594), commonly known as the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, are needed; (6) expeditious Federal and State decisions for west-to-east crude oil delivery systems are of the utmost priority; and (7) resolution of the west coast crude oil surplus and the need for crude oil in northern tier States and inland States require the assignment and coordination of overall responsibility within the executive branch to permit expedited action on all necessary environmental assessments and decisions on permit applications concerning delivery systems. [43 U.S.C. 2001] SEC. 502. STATEMENT OF PURPOSES. The purposes of this title are (1) to provide a means for (A) selecting delivery systems to transport Alaskan and other crude oil to northern tier States and inland States, and (B) resolving both the west coast crude oil surplus and the crude oil supply problems in the northern tier States; (2) to provide an expedited procedure for acting on applications for all Federal permits, licenses, and approvals required for the construction and operation or any transportation system approved under this title and the Long Beach-Midland project; and (3) to assure that Fedeal decisions with respect to crude oil transportation systems are coordinated with State decisions to the maximum extent practicable. [43 U.S.C. 2003] SEC. 503. DEFINITIONS. As used in this title (1) The term "northern tier States" means the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. (2) The term "inland States" means those States in the United States other than northern tier States and the States of California, Alaska, and Hawaii. (3) The term "crude oil transportation system" means a crude oil delivery system (including the location of such system) for transporting Alaskan and other crude oil to northern tier States and inland States, but such term does not include the Long Beach-Midland project. (4) The term "Long Beach-Midland project" means the crude oil delivery system which was the subject of, and is generally described in, the "Final Environmental Impact Statement, Crude Oil Transportation System: Valdez, Alaska, to Midland, Texas (as proposed by Sohio Transportation Company)", the availability of which was announced by the Department of the Interior in the Federal Register on June 1, 1977 (42 Fed. Reg. 28008). (5) The term "Federal agency" means an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code. [43 U.S.C. 2003] SEC. 504. APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CRUDE OIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. The following applications for construction and operation of a crude oil transportation system submitted to the Secretary of the Interior by an applicant are eligible for consideration under this title: (1) Applications received by the Secretary before the 30th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Applications received by the Secretary during the 60-day period beginning on the 30th day after the date of the enactment of this Act, if the Secretary determines that consideration and review of the proposal contained in such application is in the national interest and that such consideration and review could be completed within the time limits established under this title. An application under this section may be accepted by the Secretary only if it contains a general description of the route of the proposed system and identification of the applicant and any other person who, at the time of filing, has a financial or other interest in the |