((a)) ** Process**

((1)) ** Project sponsor** A project sponsor that intends to pay a fee under this section for the preparation, or supervision of the preparation, of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement for a project shall submit to the Council—

((A)) a description of the project; and

((B)) a declaration of whether the project sponsor intends to prepare the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under .

((2)) ** Council on Environmental Quality** Not later than 15 days after the date on which the Council receives information described in paragraph (1) from a project sponsor, the Council shall provide to the project sponsor notice of the amount of the fee to be paid under this section, as determined under subsection (b).

((3)) ** Payment of fee** A project sponsor may pay a fee under this section after receipt of the notice described in paragraph (2).

((4)) ** Deadline for environmental reviews for which a fee is paid** Notwithstanding —

((A)) an environmental assessment for which a fee is paid under this section shall be completed not later than 180 days after the date on which the fee is paid; and

((B)) an environmental impact statement for which a fee is paid under this section shall be completed not later than 1 year after the date of publication of the notice of intent to prepare the environmental impact statement.

((b)) ** Fee amount** The amount of a fee under this section shall be—

((1)) 125 percent of the anticipated costs to prepare the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement; and

((2)) in the case of an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement to be prepared in whole or in part by a project sponsor under , 125 percent of the anticipated costs to supervise preparation of, and, as applicable, prepare, the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.